• enkers
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    21 hours ago

    Ahh good, let’s put a bunch of electric heaters into the ocean. This sounds like it’ll help with the ongoing crisis in ocean temperature rise, and certainly won’t have any unforseen consequences.

    • heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Locally, yes, it could cause changes in the environment in a very small area. Ocean temperature is a global phenomenon and not affected or caused by active heating elements.

      The rise in temperature is caused by a change in the insulation of the planet, the atmosphere.

      The sun pumps energy (heat) into the earth equivalent to 44 million power plants. Next to that, a data center does not even register.