▲ 236 ▼ A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate (www.anthropocenemagazine.org) submitted 9 months ago by RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments Imaging if this technology could cool a data centre. Edit: I was not involved in this project. You are wasting your time asking me questions.
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 9 months ago (3 children) Maybe it whisks the heat away to space? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 9 months ago (2 children) What through a wormhole? There's a lot of air between the refrigerator and space I think it might get in the way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 point 9 months ago It is possible to get IR radiation out almost directly to space, its the same principle for why clear nights are always colder- no cloud layer to bounce the IR back at the surface and keep it warm permalink fedilink source parent [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 9 months ago I know, I was kidding permalink fedilink source parent
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 point 9 months ago (2 children) What through a wormhole? There's a lot of air between the refrigerator and space I think it might get in the way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 point 9 months ago It is possible to get IR radiation out almost directly to space, its the same principle for why clear nights are always colder- no cloud layer to bounce the IR back at the surface and keep it warm permalink fedilink source parent [–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 9 months ago I know, I was kidding permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 point 9 months ago It is possible to get IR radiation out almost directly to space, its the same principle for why clear nights are always colder- no cloud layer to bounce the IR back at the surface and keep it warm permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 point 9 months ago I know, I was kidding permalink fedilink source parent