Reply to post: Re: global warming...

By 2040, computers will need more electricity than the world can generate

Vic

Re: global warming...

You have to tap energy from the flow of heat from a hot place to a cooler place instead.

Moreover, the peak theoretical efficiency of a heat engine is 1 - TC/TH. Thus the warmer the environment gets, the higher the ultimate sink temperature gets, and so to less efficient the conversion.

Vic.

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