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Good idea for storing excess heat, but without Soviet style communal heat pipe networks it's basically useless because the transmission loss of distribution is already applied. And if you're using solar panels you'd have better luck just putting the pots in the sun and bringing them in later.
District heating? I know it exists throughout the world, but was it especially common in the USSR?
I know that it was a big part of new development under Stalin after the war, but it's incredibly uncommon in the US so the only real exposure to it I've had is through reading communist literature on development.
So I'm probably biased into thinking it was more common in the USSR than other places.
I think bigger US cities have had it in the past, but where I'm from the past (and present) is either oil/wood or heat pump.
Alright, interesting!
Do you have it where you live?
Nope
You're better at opsecc than me lol, if a fed looked through my post history they'd find my in seconds
If I cared about opsec I wouldn't have responded... Actually you could probably figure out the city I live in within an hour. Don't do that, though.
Steam is still distributed in New York. It’s why the Gotham manhole vented steam aesthetic can still be seen in-person: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_steam_system
Definitely not the most efficient heating. Just lots of old construction in this city.
Oh damn, I'm obviously not from NYC lol. Didn't know how extensive the district heating system was there.
having a hard time contemplating this. imagining a time in the US when something like heating was collectivized instead of being left to the individual to manage. sounds like a pretty big project to design and implement.
I think most people use them for greenhouses and the like. Definitely not practical for bigger spaces.