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minus-squareflandish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 days agoit’s basically evaporative cooling. so they could condense it but that takes energy. energy takes money. money takes from profit. and the water is a public resource and capitalists hate the public anyway.
it’s basically evaporative cooling. so they could condense it but that takes energy. energy takes money. money takes from profit. and the water is a public resource and capitalists hate the public anyway.