Lived for 5 years next to a data center in Philadelphia and it was noisy and hot almost all year long, zero benefit from living next to it other than the building being nice on the outside as it is a historical building in the city. You'd frequently see heavily armed folks there, there was no movement of people (it really felt like an abandoned building) and it brought nothing useful to the area.
> reveal downwind air temperature warming as high as 2.2 °C, with average downwind air temperatures 0.7–0.9 °C warmer than corresponding upwind areas. Thermal signatures were detectable at distances up to 500 m from facility perimeters
Average of less than 1 degree Celsius with detectability falling off at 500m.
Interesting, but calling it a hazard feels excessive.
I wonder how much hotter the air is 500m from a highway with stop and go traffic with hundreds/thousands of catalytic converters between above 700F and engines at 200.
Lived for 5 years next to a data center in Philadelphia and it was noisy and hot almost all year long, zero benefit from living next to it other than the building being nice on the outside as it is a historical building in the city. You'd frequently see heavily armed folks there, there was no movement of people (it really felt like an abandoned building) and it brought nothing useful to the area.
401 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19108 for the address - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Commerce_Building
> reveal downwind air temperature warming as high as 2.2 °C, with average downwind air temperatures 0.7–0.9 °C warmer than corresponding upwind areas. Thermal signatures were detectable at distances up to 500 m from facility perimeters
Average of less than 1 degree Celsius with detectability falling off at 500m.
Interesting, but calling it a hazard feels excessive.
I wonder how much hotter the air is 500m from a highway with stop and go traffic with hundreds/thousands of catalytic converters between above 700F and engines at 200.
would take a lot to convince me this is a real problem and not just bad faith political angling
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