• Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    arrow-down
    6
    ·
    1 day ago

    I’m not sure what argument or point you’re trying to make here. Why do you think they’re using water, exactly? And surely you must realise how efficiency and cost are linked?

    • Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 day ago

      I don’t know how to be any clearer.

      LOW COST > HIGH COST.

      It’s money. The goal is to save as much money as possible. Businesses, corporations, contractors, investors. All the people making decisions are trying to save every bit of money possible.

      Surely you realize heat transfer efficiency isn’t linked to the cost of water. Which doesn’t even show up on the balance sheet.

      100 * 0 = 100000000 * 0

        • sqgl@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          1 day ago

          You seem to have a hard time understanding that water is used because it is cheaper than the alternatives which already exist. This new development won’t replace water while the water remains cheap.

          • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            5
            ·
            1 day ago

            Are you talking about evaporative cooling? Because this new system still very much uses water, in a closed loop.

            And I’m aware water is cheap, it falls out of the sky.

        • Mac@mander.xyz
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          1 day ago

          After your previous comment, i thought that about you as well.

          • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            1 day ago

            Why do people keep acting like a company wanting to save money is a revelation? It’s so blindingly obvious, there’s no need to tell everyone all the time?

            • Mac@mander.xyz
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              5
              arrow-down
              1
              ·
              1 day ago

              You’re the one who asked. Don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to, i guess?

              • Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                1
                arrow-down
                4
                ·
                1 day ago

                Their argument was that companies don’t care about efficiency, they just want to save money. Without realising they’re the same thing. As far as I can tell, they were arguing with themselves.

                • jumjummy@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  3
                  ·
                  21 hours ago

                  Cost and efficiency may not be the same at all. If the true cost of a utility like water aren’t being passed on to the businesses, then they don’t need to focus on efficiency.

                  See literally any of the giant farms with legacy water rights in California to understand why there is very little incentive for them to become more efficient with water usage.