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It's quite likely that the real situation isn't anywhere close to ideal mixing, especially since warm water is lighter and the deep part of the lake might not b
by not2b 5y ago
It's quite likely that the real situation isn't anywhere close to ideal mixing, especially since warm water is lighter and the deep part of the lake might not be mixing efficiently with the warm discharged water. Then the surface water might be warming much more than your calculation suggests, to the point where locals are noticing a major difference.
- avisser 5y agoThe Finger Lakes are famously deep as well. Seneca averages 291' with a max depth of 618'
- slownews45 5y agoIf this is a critical issue it probably wouldn't be overly difficult to spend some energy to pump in from a colder / deeper part of the lake if that is the concern, then heat and dump on the top. May be actually COLDER still than existing surface waters.
- not2b 5y agoOr if it is a critical issue, just shut it down. We don't need to let someone ruin a lake to mine Bitcoin.