2026-02-19 08:57 UTC
@Marijke@mastodon.green @maxleibman@beige.party Evaporative cooling is cheaper and uses less power.
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@the_wub@mastodon.social 2026-02-19 09:47
@woe2you@beige.party @Marijke@mastodon.green @maxleibman@beige.party I still remember the British countryside with coal fired power stations dotted all over the landscape. Usually with four large"cooling towers" emitting large amounts of water vapour. I didn't realise that such cooling towers were a Dutch invention. "A hyperboloid cooling tower was patented by the Dutch engineers Frederik van Iterson and Gerard Kuypers in the Netherlands on August 16, 1916." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_tower
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@knu@toot.community 2026-02-19 12:43
@woe2you@beige.party @Marijke@mastodon.green @maxleibman@beige.party I suggest to provide them the effluent of sewage treatment plants instead. I see no reason to use potable water.