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Isn’t this basically what happened with the London underground? It used to be cold down there now it’s super hot as the soil can’t absorb more heat. Source: ht
by Swizec 9y ago
Isn’t this basically what happened with the London underground? It used to be cold down there now it’s super hot as the soil can’t absorb more heat.
Source: https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2017/06/22/sweating-on-the-underground-why-are-tube-tunnels-so-hot/&refURL=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://www.google.com/ https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.for...
> According to this article in Rail Magazine, the average temperature inside the tunnels was around 14° in 1900.
> increased the temperature of the surrounding clay so much that, today, average tunnel temperatures are between 20-25°C.
- kbenson 9y agoThat sounds like a good way to bank energy for later use during London winters, if you ask me.