Comment on UK government suggests deleting files to save water
it_depends_man@lemmy.world 5 hours agostraight up not feasible
It’s very feasible to create the law, collect the fine, and raise the price on energy sources or industrial process that require the cooling.
It’s a formality, you could do it in an afternoon. Costs a bit of ink and a piece of paper.
“But then it gets more expensive!” and “This might push corporations out of the city/country.” is the consequence the people / the government / the country have to have the balls to endure, if they want to stand by things like “having enough water” or “living on earth in the 22nd century”.
fullsquare@awful.systems 4 hours ago
Show me how do you want to dissipate 10GWt without evaporative cooling towers, i’ll wait
scratchee@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
If evaporative cooling is the only solution then the market will adjust to the new cost by moving power generation towards the coasts or just increase the price, if there are other solutions they’ll become the economically more viable. Either way more water is conserved and you can always balance the cost benefit by adjusting the fine/tax to find a good balance.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 hours ago
Necessity is the mother of invention, life uh finds a way.
nibbler@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
best recent example is the evolution of plastic free straws… took 3 years to innovate, would have never ever happened without the pressure.