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AI Will Consume as Much Water as a Billion People By 2030, UN Report Estimates (futurism.com)

submitted 2 days ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isnt that water evaporated? Does PFAS stick around steam?

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The majority are low volatility and stay in the plumping, and a certain amount of the water that goes through the evaporators (a little under a tenth generally, I think) is flushed through (usually into the local water treatment system) with as a more concentrated solution. Some PFAS are volatile enough to ride the water vapor up and eventually fallout again.

Edit: I forgot, some types still legal in the US are volatile enough to not fallout, and instead become strong greenhouse gases.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Apparently the F in PFAS is for flourine, which doesn't evaporate off with the water. PFAS stay behind.