• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    seawater would probably corrode whatever storage system they have in there overtime, all that biological material, chemicals and gunk.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      3 days ago

      Sure. A lot of that can be filtered out, but there will be corrosion with whatever heat transfer system they use. However, seawater is free, pretty consistently cool temperature (esp. in the Pacific), and is plentiful, so replacing some heat exchange components shouldn’t be overly burdensome.