• poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    2 days ago

    Where would they dump the heat that the condensing water releases? If they had a good end point for the heat, they wouldn’t have to use the atmosphere for it in the first place.

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        7 hours ago

        My father in law lives in Provence, he doesn’t need heat more than three months a year. I wonder jf you could use it to drive electricity turbines instead? You won’t get all the energy you put into the chips back, but would it be enough for it to be worthwhile?

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          2 hours ago

          He doesn’t use warm water for showers or only showers 3 times per year? That’s hardcore.

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        1 day ago

        Water has a heat capacity that is 4 times more than air by weight. Water is far more dense at nearly a cubic meter per kg. Roughly 3500-4000 times more air by mass is required to perform the same cooling as evaporated water