Recent comments in /f/UpliftingNews

Sam-Gunn t1_jc745xi wrote

Reply to In the northern California snow, stranded cows are getting emergency hay drops by ImJoeontheradio

"Base to Heifer Actual, Confirm ETA to target."

"Base, we are 3 min out from target. Visibility is less than 2 miles, we are mainly flying on instruments. Contact ground elements to advise them we're coming in on heading three-one-zero, and to start popping flares. We're prepped and ready for drop."

"Confirmed, Heifer Actual. Good luck."

[switches channel]

"All units in the AO, be advised. Heifer Actual on approach to target, three minutes out, on heading three-one-zero. Bravo unit, your elements are danger-close to the target. Repeat, Bravo unit, your elements are danger-close to the target. Drop flares and take cover."

"Bravo Actual here base, be advised we have civilians in the drop-zone. Repeat, civilians are in the drop zone. They refuse to move."

[cow bellowing in background, soldiers heard yelling]

"Understood, Bravo Actual. Heifer Actual, Heifer Actual, you are instructed to wave off and come around for another pass. Confirm transmission."

"Heifer ac... to... b... do you rea.... *ksssshhhh* do... read... repeat instruc..."

"Heifer Actual, wave off! Wave off!

[Two days later]

"Commander, normally after action reports are simply a formality for these types of operations. However upon reading yours I noticed a reference to 'hay-bale related civilian casualties'. Explain the meaning of this!"

"Sir, yes, sir. Due to the weather, we could not contact Heifer One to tell them to wave off. The drop zone was not clear as several civilians had wandered into the area and refused to move."

"Cows, Commander. COWS. Not civilians! You don't put the term 'civilian casualties' into a report when there weren't any! That sends up all sorts of red flags! Dear god, first you take out a Humvee with a hay bale, now this... We're the only unit that's had to provide a damage report for a humanitarian operation!"

"I understand, Sir... I'm also picking up that now may be a bad time to tell you about our new mascot..."

[mooing is heard down the hall]

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itchyfrog t1_jc72di6 wrote

Reply to comment by RU_FKM in Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool by je97

A fairly standard municipal pool will be about 25mx10m by an average of about 2m deep

So about 82ft x 32ft x 6.5ft and the electric will probably be between £0.50-£1 a kwh depending on their contract, and it's all year round, and the article said the £300k was to heat the complex so presumably includes changing rooms and offices etc but the pool will be most of it.

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Gynetic t1_jc6op2e wrote

Reply to comment by itchyfrog in Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool by je97

Rotterdam (The Netherlands), has already been using a similar method of providing heating to a huge portion of the city since 2006. 'Stadsverwarming' (directly translated to city-heating), uses excess heat that's produced in the city's port/harbour to provide heating to houses and businesses all over the city.

(It's also the largest port in the world outside of Asia)

There are other parts of The Netherlands which already use the excess heat from large scale data centers for exactly the same thing. Cities such as Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Groningen for example.

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7h33v1l7w1n t1_jc6l61k wrote

Reply to comment by itchyfrog in Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool by je97

If you pay attention to the kinds of master planning projects that municipalities, universities, and commercial entities are initiating, there are certainly projects similar to this in the works, among many other creative solutions for efficient district heating, power, etc.

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