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Couldn't the heat also be used to generate more electricity?


No, because you need to be able to exploit a temperature difference to convert heat into other forms of energy.

Conversion efficiency is proportional to the difference in temperature, so for most wate-heat scenarios, electricity generation is either non-functional, or barely functional, but impractical. In a lot of scenarios you end up interfering with the efficiency or longevity of whatever you were trying to cool in the first place.




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