• Re: Forget a hosepipe ban

    From Rob Mccart@1:2320/105 to MIKE POWELL on Thu Aug 28 08:45:32 2025
    One site said that a large Nuclear plant attempting to reclaim
    >> all the water it uses would Lose about 30 million litres per day
    >> to evaporation, a tiny perscentage (1% to 2%) of the total water
    >> it uses for cooling. But that number is still quite a bit higher
    >> than I would have guessed.

    It also begs the question, is that enough to make a noticable
    >> difference to the weather or climate ?

    If those are the real numbers, I would say probably not!

    I suppose it may depend on where it is. In some places that much
    water would be nothing and in others it would be a lot more than
    usual going into the air, although I suppose those very dry areas
    might welcome any added moisture they could get..

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