• @cucumber_sandwich
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    -29 months ago

    Radiation from communication infrastructure is hardly waste heat.

      • @cucumber_sandwich
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        -29 months ago

        It’s whole purpose is to radiate specific radio waves…

        • @[email protected]
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          9 months ago

          Yes, and it’s not infrared.

          Do you think the purpose of telecom systems is to produce heat? What the hell do you think waste heat even is?

          Waste heat is heat that is produced by a machine, or other process that uses energy, as a byproduct of doing work.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_heat

          • @cucumber_sandwich
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            19 months ago

            Yes of course they proceduce waste heat as well. I was referring to the microwave part in the root comment…

            • @[email protected]
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              19 months ago

              Ahh right I see, I got very confused by the way you worded the comment but that may well have been a problem here on the receiving end