The US has long been in the dark ages for this. Northern Europe uses a lot of "district heating" [1], which often is trash burning (or other renewable source) p

The US has long been in the dark ages for this. Northern Europe uses a lot of "district heating" [1], which often is trash burning (or other renewable source) plants used to heat water and distribute heated water to residences for area heating and hot water purposes. It's a classic example of having subsidies for traditional/polluting energy and having very few subsidies for newer forms of cleaner energy. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating