City plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling units

  • HailSeitan@lemmy.worldOP
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    9 hours ago

    do you think that heat pumps “cook the ground” or “cook the air” too? the whole point is to transfer rather than generate heat

    • MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io
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      8 hours ago

      The river doesn’t care whether the heat comes from electrical resistance, chemical reaction or the inside of a building. Heat is heat. How that amount of heat will affect the ecology of the river I do not know. I am unfamiliar how how the cooling capacity of the proposed system relates to the hydrology of Paris.