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How energy from dry ice could power human colonies on Mars (theconversation.com)
11 points by nkurz on March 11, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Calling it a "working fluid" would be more accurate than describing it as an energy source.

They're talking about using it as an analogue of water in a standard steam engine.

We don't usually describe the water in steam engines as the energy source per se.




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