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Hooooooooooooooooooot (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 124 points 7 months ago (1 children)

also almost non-corrosive, non-toxic, doesn't damage ozone layer, zero global warming potential, non-flammable etc (lots of organic rankine cycle fluids fail one or more of these. tradeoff is utilization of lower temperature sources)

[–] marcos 40 points 7 months ago (2 children)

zero global warming potential

This one isn't right. Nobody will complain about you releasing it, but it's a quite strong global warming gas.

[–] [email protected] 109 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Very strong GWP, but it does this cool thing where it condenses when it hits colder air and falls back to the ground in liquid state, thus removing itself from the atmosphere...

(It's equivalent GWP is near zero and is estimated to be between 0.0005 and -0.001)

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife 16 points 7 months ago

it condenses when it hits colder air and falls back to the ground in liquid state, thus removing itself from the atmosphere

Oh sure ... blame it on the rain.

[–] something_random_tho 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tell me more about this incredible process. Does it have a name?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it doesn't I propose a simple and descriptive "waterfall".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I prefer the more poetic "God pissing on the monkeys"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

What would the white stuff that comes from the sky then be called?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Power station fall-out

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

But it can be contained and condensed for reused.