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UK government suggests deleting files to save water
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this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025
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Show me how do you want to dissipate 10GWt inland without evaporative cooling towers, i'll wait
If evaporative cooling is the only solution then the market will adjust to the new cost by moving power generation towards the coasts or just increase the price, if there are other solutions they’ll become the economically more viable. Either way more water is conserved and you can always balance the cost benefit by adjusting the fine/tax to find a good balance.
Necessity is the mother of invention, life uh finds a way.
best recent example is the evolution of plastic free straws.... took 3 years to innovate, would have never ever happened without the pressure.
and dann the first versions of soggy paper sucked so hard.