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The amount of water being driven into the atmosphere will have interesting impact on the local vegetation. I find it interesting this never comes up in these a
by upsidesinclude 4y ago
The amount of water being driven into the atmosphere will have interesting impact on the local vegetation.
I find it interesting this never comes up in these articles discussing the impact of DC footprint.
More alarming is the immense heat load coming from many other sites. A 50MW site is literally a space heater taking 50MW of power and convecting it into the atmosphere.
I cannot imagine how that can avoid significant environmental impact.
- KirillPanov 4y agoPalo Verde has been evaporating 100% of the city of Phoenix's wastewater since the late 1980's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_Verde_Nuclear_Generating_... If driving insane amounts of humidity into desert air has any effect on desert ecosystems, we'd know by now. Mining groundwater is a big concern. Putting it back into the atmosphere afterward, not so much.