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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by citrin_ru on Friday November 10, 2023 @11:22AM (#38220745)
Why they should use seawater? Fresh water is not in shortage in this region - yearly precipitation significantly exceeds evaporation.
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by onetimeuse92304 on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:13PM (#38221461)
Please, take a look at the map. Even cursory inspection of it will reveal to you that Finland is the land of lakes.

Finland has vast stores of fresh water and annual precipitation has nothing to do with it.

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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by alright2565 on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:21PM (#38221575)
They have a massive desalination and pipeline operation to create lakes throughout the country?

Or is it the the sun and rain that created the lakes?

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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by toivotuo on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:42PM (#38221905)
https://www.geographyrealm.com/finland-many-lakes/

Thanks to the last ice age and retreating glaciers...

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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by krisoft on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:09PM (#38222286)
Ice age and retreating glaciers created holes. And those holes filled up by the melt water of the glaciers.

The fact that they are still full of water is due to them being replenished by precipitation more than they lose water. If they would lose more water then what flows into them we would be speaking about the "land of many bone dry holes" in the famous Finnish desert.

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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by BurningFrog on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:05PM (#38222236)
To a first approximation, Finland is on average a swamp. Thousands and thousands of lakes everywhere.
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by hiAndrewQuinn on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:16PM (#38223198)
The Finnish name for Finland, Suomi, literally means "Land of Swamps". And it is awesome here.
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by euroderf on Friday November 10, 2023 @04:02PM (#38224487)
That is one proposed etymology of "Suomi".
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by I_Am_Nous on Friday November 10, 2023 @05:54PM (#38225659)
It makes sense that Finns love rally so much then, if all the roads are weaving around swamps!
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Re:Gigantic heat caverns in Mustikkamaa have now been filled... by Scoundreller on Friday November 10, 2023 @08:29PM (#38226692)
Slightly higher boiling point? Fewer antimicrobial additives required?
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