• BussyCat@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    The heat of vaporization is also a huge negative of using water as you need to condense the water and then reboil it which wastes a bunch of energy

    • SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      12 hours ago

      If we were a smarter species, we’d consistently use further heat exchange to use that waste heat for something else, like heating homes. The Blue Lagoon in Iceland uses it to heat a massive outdoor spa.