Scientists Simulate Alien Civilizations, Find They Keep Dying From Climate Change
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    sepiroth154
    2w ago 94%

    The work addresses the thorny problem of waste heat. Thanks to the second law of thermodynamics, a small amount of heat will always be released into the planet's atmosphere no matter what energy source we use — be it nuclear, solar, or wind — because no energy system is 100 percent efficient.

    "You can think of it like a leaky bathtub," study coauthor Manasvi Lingam, an astrobiologist at the Florida Institute of Technology, told LiveScience. A small leak in a bathtub that's barely filled doesn't let out a lot of water. But as the tub continues to get filled — and our energy demands grow — that tiny leak can flood the whole house, Lingam explained.

    I thought the problem was that CO~2~ was acting like a blanket trapping in all the heat. Is this "heat leaking" really a problem? If so, what about solar cells then?

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    Mushies Rule
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    sepiroth154
    4w ago 100%

    I thought it's a kind of mushroom that only grows on corpses. Since we're both too lazy too look it up, who knows!

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  • How can you make sure the ashes you get after a loved one dies is actually theirs?
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    sepiroth154
    4w ago 100%

    You get a stone with a number carved in it beforehand. You put the stone with the deceased body. Afterwards that stone is in the urn.

    Edit: bonus fact, if the person was heavy, their ashes will be too.

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