Re:Robotic 'trees' can turn CO2 into concrete
by tlb on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:44AM
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Those sort of cooling towers aren't just for nuclear power. They're the most efficient way of cooling anything, unless you're next to a river. Judging from the railway and storage around it, I think that's a coal plant.
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Re:Robotic 'trees' can turn CO2 into concrete
by hanoz on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:13PM
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Indeed it appears to be Drax coal-fired power station in Yorkshire (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_power_station), Britian's largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Re:Robotic 'trees' can turn CO2 into concrete
by mirimir on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @11:58AM
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Yes. But whatever, they're still cooling towers. No CO2 comes from there, just water vapor. But many, I suspect, think that they're squat smokestacks.
Re:Robotic 'trees' can turn CO2 into concrete
by arlindohall on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @05:19PM
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Oh cool! I didn't realize that design was widely used, although it makes sense. If it can cool water for a nuclear plant then no reason it can't cool water for anything else!