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robocat
21 hours ago
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cyberax
19 hours ago
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Typically you don't have enough surface area for that. The walls are thick enough that thermal conductivity into an ambient-temperature liquid alone is not going to be sufficient.
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colechristensen
20 hours ago
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Uh, you can't just disconnect a pressurized 35,000 gallon tank and drop it into a an enormous pool you just keep full under it at all times.
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bagels
20 hours ago
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I think the passive version is the tank stays in a pool all the time.
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robocat
20 hours ago
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Riiight. That is exactly what I was thinking.
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colechristensen
18 hours ago
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It's really unclear what you were thinking
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