For historical reasons having nothing to do with engineering or rationality, Swedish nuclear power plants dump a lot of warm cooling water into the sea. In a revealing blog entry, Paddy K offers an estimate of just how much energy that cooling water contains.
It’s one third of the energy produced in the country.
I suddenly don’t feel very motivated to keep my morning showers brief.
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