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Cleisthenes
3405 days ago
More or less than burning fossil fuels to keep the data center cool at non-polar latitudes?
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NegativeLatency
3405 days ago
Less than or equal to the same amount of energy would be dissipated, but it would be closer to the actual ice.
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mehwoot
3405 days ago
But global warming isnt caused by energy dissipation, its caused by the greenhouse effect.
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titanomachy
3405 days ago
I'm not sure why you're getting downvoted. Humans producing heat is
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the problem; humans producing pollution is.
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beaconstudios
3405 days ago
it would contribute less co2 into the atmosphere, at the cost of physically and directly melting the ice. All-in-all it seems like a poor trade-off.
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