SaltSong

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[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 60 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it.”

Really? Because your guys spent the first few months of this year erasing as much history of women and minorities as you could get your hands on.

Oh and you guys are trying to erase about half the history of impeachment in the country.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 28 points 8 months ago (2 children)

This is the way.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

I'm an actual engineer with a degree and everything, although this is not my area of expertise, it's one I'm familiar with.

They could do something like you suggest, but every step becomes more expensive and less effective. The exhaust from a coal fired power plant is still plenty hot, and more energy could be extracted from it. But it requires more and more to make less and less.

The curse of every engineer is to see a way to them every waste stream into a useful product, but not being able to do so profitably. (Which means no-one will approve the project)

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 42 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Everything does happen for a reason. In many cases, it happens because some evil prick has not been properly dealt with.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

Interesting. They only works in a few cases, but It's good to have the options.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The difficulty is, to put it in very simple terms, is that physics doesn't allow that. The less simple explanation is a thermodynamics textbook, and trust me, you don't want that.

Everything generates heat. Everything. Everything. Anything that seems to generate "cold" is generating more heat somewhere else.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

Note your use of the word "cool."

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

No sunlight for 10 days at a time.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago (8 children)

A condenser will generate the same amount of heat that they are trying to dissipate.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 5 points 8 months ago

Remember, tortillas make every kind of meat better.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Can't imagine you'd want to put your mouth on a pig or cow either, but properly butchered and prepared, they are quite palatable.

I imagine it's the same principle.

[–] SaltSong@startrek.website 1 points 8 months ago

One reason might be shipping. A car probably takes up the same space in a shipping container as four cars worth of steel.

I don't know where the break even point is. But it's likely to be more complex than you describe.

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