Cooling Toronto Using Lake Ontario 698
An anonymous reader writes "Air cooled by the frigid waters deep in Lake Ontario started bringing relief to buildings in downtown Toronto on Tuesday after the valves were symbolically opened on the multi-million-dollar project. The company says that they have the capacity to air condition 100 office buildings or 8,000 homes - the equivalent of 32 million square feet of building space. They note that the cooling system reduces energy usage, freeing up megawatts from the Ontario's electrical grid, minimizes ozone-depleting refrigerants and reduces the amount of carbon dioxide entering the air."
I was going to ask about that... (Score:5, Funny)
Just one word... (Score:2, Funny)
In a related story... (Score:5, Funny)
The temperature of the lake has inexplicably begun to rise. Algae blooms, moss growing on surronding trees and Corona beer bottles scattered on the shore have alarmed the Canadian Department of the Interior to take swift, albeit expensive action the save the ecosystem of the lake.
Re:I was going to ask about that... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I was going to ask about that... (Score:5, Funny)
Natural Laws. (Score:5, Funny)
'the water's cold will be extracted and used to lower the temperature in downtown buildings'.
Unit for Cold anyone?
Re:The lake is NOT warming up ! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Natural Laws. (Score:5, Funny)
The theory of cold is just a part of thermodynamic theory of darkness [ox.ac.uk]
The unit for cold is derived from unit for darkness and equals D.s, where D is unit for darkness and s is second.
Re:Environmental effects (Score:5, Funny)
I've never seen such a concentration of good looking impressionable young ladies in my life. It's well worth the effort!
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Hahahahahaha. Perhaps they can keep these rooms lit by extracting the dark from them.
How is this going to help? (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:More environmental effects (Score:3, Funny)
Wrong lake. Cleveland is on Lake Erie. Perhaps you're thinking of Rochester.
Re:I was going to ask about that... (Score:5, Funny)
just stirring... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Environmental effects (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Environmental effects (Score:3, Funny)
> including the City of Toronto, York Region, Durham, Peel etc, use water pumped from the lake.
> Our sewage is sent back down to Toronto, where it is treated before being dumped back into the lake.
<Catch 22> So why don't you eliminate the middleman? </Catch 22>
Re:Environmental effects (Score:2, Funny)
I, for one, welcome our new over-grown algae overlords...
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Sure it can, but... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Also an interesting fact about water (Score:1, Funny)
(Sorry for the Anonymous Coward thing, I just created my account & am blocked from my personal e-mail at work so can't get the password. Signed, Kaydet81)
Re:Canadian Socialism (Score:3, Funny)
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I tried that (Score:5, Funny)
RMN
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Re:Mod parent down - untrue (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Canadian Socialism (Score:3, Funny)
Thank you.
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