People haven’t mentioned that you use it up in one go and then it takes 8 hours to refill.
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marduk@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks agoI heard it’s nitrogen, which I think releases co² during the production process. You’re right though, could be worse; they could’ve used hypergolic thrusters.
dillekant@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Do you mean nitrous (N~2~O)? Straight up N~2~ shouldn’t be changing to CO~2~ unless some very interesting chemistry is happening, haha.
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
They said during the production process, not on release.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 weeks ago
I’m pretty sure the “production” process is just compressing atmospheric air and separating out the other gases. The atmosphere is 78% nitrogen.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Yes, but that takes energy, and when you’re on a renewables are the devils work campaign, you’re releasing CO2
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
It takes a lot of energy to compress a gas, and more energy to cool it so you can separate the nitrogen. Energy production typically (not always) releases co2.
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Ooh I misread that as being on activation, good catch
CheetahHybrid@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
I think what the means is that when making liquid CO2 you use a cryo-cooler. That cooler condenses the gas out of the air. Air contains CO2 and nitrogen (plus some other stuff). The games aren’t created but rather just a state change. Cryo coolers also take energy to run.