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If the waste heat could be harvested and used for another purpose (district heating? cooking?) that would more or less curtail the waste, yes?
by kardos 8y ago
If the waste heat could be harvested and used for another purpose (district heating? cooking?) that would more or less curtail the waste, yes?
- jakeinspace 8y agoOnly problem is the second law of thermodynamics but sure, why not.
- xyzzyz 8y agoIf you could do that so easily, you'd already do it in aluminum plants, which are kinda like bitcoin already -- electricity in, aluminum out. Suffice to say, it doesn't really happen.
- mikeash 8y agoIt would help a bit, but electric resistive heating is not very efficient.