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A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate (www.anthropocenemagazine.org)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Imaging if this technology could cool a data centre.

Edit: I was not involved in this project. You are wasting your time asking me questions.

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[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 19 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Cool, but I'm always a bit dubious by these statements.

Refrigerating just 12% of the produce that goes to waste every year due to spoilage would feed an estimated 1 billion more people.

I mean, I know cooling is important and making the process more efficient will make things better. But the reason why most of that food is thrown away is not lack of refrigeration, cheaper refrigeration will not solve that problem.

[–] FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

cheaper refrigeration would DEFINITELY help this problem. the big issue with food waste is food spoils so quickly (especially produce and meat), so it makes more sense to toss it than try to find a big enough space that's REFRIGERATED because the food is usually free, no one wants to spend thousands preserving it. cheaper refrigeration would absolutely improve this scenario.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Refrigeration already is cheap. The problem a lot of places have is not an inability to afford a refrigerator it's no energy to power the refrigerator. This technology does not into address that problem. In fact it probably worsens it because this technology is less efficient in terms of power consumption.

Also I would love to live in the world where you live because over here food costs money. It isn't free.

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