fullsquare

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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

some foods (and other things, like blood and some other medical products) are irradiated in order to sterilize them and make them last longer, 137Cs sources are used for this purpose because this material is easily available but can't be used for other purposes (like radiography)

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 44 points 2 months ago (1 children)

and stops working when us-east-1 burns down

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it also requires zero effort on their part

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

it's a mining area (underground copper mine is in the same town)

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Depending on local climate, season and proximity to cities or industrial customers, this is often done, but you'll still have to dump lots of heat in the summer when space heating is off

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 26 points 2 months ago (11 children)

straight up not feasible for many serious and necessary facilities like powerplants and refineries, unless you prefer very warm lake or river nearby (which also cools down by evaporation later)

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 20 points 2 months ago

ohhhh nooooo did actions happened to have consequences??

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