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Yeah, they've been talking about implementing something like that for as long as I can remember. The current system wastes so much heat that it's always 10-15°C
by butteroverflow 7y ago
Yeah, they've been talking about implementing something like that for as long as I can remember. The current system wastes so much heat that it's always 10-15°C warmer in the city than outside its borders.
I mean, how much coal do you have to burn to warm the air outside by 10-15°C?
I am from an ex-Soviet city too, by the way.
- fri_sch 7y agoI think whoever is responsible for such a waste of resources should be held accountable for severe damage to the environment and the climate system.
- gambiting 7y agoBy whom? They are given a job to provide heat for the city - and they are doing so. The people telling them to do that job are probably also the same people unwilling to schedule any budget to upgrade the system so make it more efficient.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoThey are long retired or dead by now
- Gravityloss 7y agoThermostats have been around for a hundred years or so. Could solve the problem... What I've heard is that some portion of pension is given as free heating. So it makes no sense for the individual to conserve it. Giving it as money and then billing for the heating could create some other problems too.
- butteroverflow 7y agoI am not sure about pensions, but we pay quite a lot for heating. We do it every month and all year long, actually, because money management is a problem for many, and if you shift all the payments to one season (which is 4-8 months, depending on the weather), each monthly payment would be a problem for many. So they stretch it out across the year.