crimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agoArtificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regionswww.politico.euexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkArtificial intelligence threatens to raid the water reserves of Europe’s driest regionswww.politico.eucrimeschneck∈🇩🇪⊂🇪🇺@sopuli.xyz to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-27 days agoEurope consists of a bunch of peninsulas surrounded by ocean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea Water volume: 21,700 km³ (1.76×1010 acre⋅ft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Ocean Water volume: 3,750,000 km³ (900,000 cu mi) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean Water volume: 310,410,900 km³ (74,471,500 cu mi) EDIT: For bonus points, if one is going to expend the energy on evaporating seawater anyway: https://e360.yale.edu/features/desalination-saltwater-brine-mining In Seawater, Researchers See an Untapped Bounty of Critical Metals
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoThe temperatures needed to boil water are not the temperatures at which to run datacenters.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoYou don’t need to hit boiling levels to evaporate water.
Europe consists of a bunch of peninsulas surrounded by ocean.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltic_Sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_Ocean
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean
EDIT: For bonus points, if one is going to expend the energy on evaporating seawater anyway:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/desalination-saltwater-brine-mining
The temperatures needed to boil water are not the temperatures at which to run datacenters.
You don’t need to hit boiling levels to evaporate water.