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Yes, you're correct and I probably should have mentioned that.
by Symmetry 10y ago
Yes, you're correct and I probably should have mentioned that.
- jacquesm 10y agoI don't think it will matter much though. Whether you have to remove input power as heat or expend power to cool likely won't make a whole lot of difference. Just that the delta-t will be a lot larger and so it may actually cost more to keep that ultra-cool machine ultra-cool. Maybe future data-centers will be used to pre-heat the water that goes into the turbines that power the electricity plant, in some kind of perverse version of a perpetuum mobile. You'd need to make up for the difference lost on each cycle with extra fuel.