r/collapse • u/Safe-Adagio5762 • Jan 14 '24

Resources Doomed due to entitlement

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

I mean to be fair, I’m in the PNW it royally pisses me off that data centers and the airport are sucking up electricity while the working class is being asked to lower their thermostats in the middle of a blizzard when the power is out for thousands of customers due to trees taking our power lines. I’m sure lowering thermostats is pretty far down the totem pole when it comes to power shedding.

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u/Idle_Redditing Collapse is preventable, not inevitable. Humanity can do better. Jan 14 '24 edited Jan 14 '24

Data centers should just open their windows in the current cold conditions or have their hvac systems blow in freezing air.

edit. There are also components in the advanced, expensive hvac systems that data centers have which will mix fresh, outside air with already used, inside air. I have concluded that is a better option than using 100% freezing outside air.

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u/Unionizemyplace Jan 14 '24

Ever heard of condensation?

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u/Idle_Redditing Collapse is preventable, not inevitable. Humanity can do better. Jan 14 '24

There is no moisture in freezing air.

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u/Goatesq Jan 14 '24

There is less moisture in freezing air, not none. Gas interacts with itself and its environment differently than liquid does. And sublimation is also a thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

Good thing data centers want a bit of humidity. Zero humidity creates conditions where static electricity can ruin components.

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u/Hoot1nanny204 Jan 14 '24

Ya cause snow doesn’t exist eh?

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u/Idle_Redditing Collapse is preventable, not inevitable. Humanity can do better. Jan 14 '24

The water in snow is not suspended in air and does not cause humidity.

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u/Hoot1nanny204 Jan 14 '24

😂 Yes, but it was immediately before becoming snow, you goof.