Comments by "Tony L" (@tlangdon12) on "Increasing demand for data putting energy and water supplies at risk" video.

  1. Yes. The populations water and energy needs will continue to fall as electical devices become more efficient and as homes become better insulated. Better ways of storing electricity and heat will become common place.
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  2. Water-cooled computers have been around since the 1951. Moving the heat to somewhere that wants to pay for it is the problem. Few people want to pay for what they see as a 'waste' product but unless someone is prepared to pay, there is no money to pay for the pipes to move the heat.
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  3. The decision makers aren't ordinary people. It is the excutive teams at companies that innovate that are driving the additional capacity demands. If the want the power, let them pay the true cost of generating and distributing it.
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