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beng-nllast Friday at 4:20 PM3 repliesview on HN

The water isn’t destroyed, though, is it? It evaporates, right? So it isn’t lost?


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muwtyhglast Friday at 10:38 PM

Where it goes after it's used is the problem.

Oil is mainly carbon, the carbon isn't destroyed by burning it. It just changes form. But now it's in the atmosphere instead of inside the earth. That's still a problem.

bayindirhlast Friday at 4:30 PM

It’s infused with biocide and other chemicals which can’t be separated by processing plants. It’s not evaporated, but dumped if the system is open loop.

It becomes unusable for consumption and farming. It becomes waste.

Closed loop systems and ordinary humidifying doesn’t and can’t “use” that amount of water.

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mirrormirroronlast Friday at 8:37 PM

Thankfully weather is famously static and acutely local.

I mean, who has ever seen a cloud move?