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In my country during the communist times many cities that had some industry nearby were heated with the excess heat from those factories.
by deodorel 5y ago
In my country during the communist times many cities that had some industry nearby were heated with the excess heat from those factories.
- dijonman2 5y agoMay I ask what country that is?
- ARandomerDude 5y agoIn Soviet Russia, factories work you.
- Symbiote 5y agoYou can see a few examples on this page, it mentions Sweden, Austria and Finland. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating
- Sharlin 5y agoNone of which have ever been communist, however.
- nisa 5y agoGDR had it in a lot of places (only german: https://www.prenzlauerberg-nachrichten.de/2011/06/07/kleine-geschichte-der-fernen-waerme https://www.prenzlauerberg-nachrichten.de/2011/06/07/kleine-...) these isolated pipes are still quite common in eastern germany. The cause was there was no gas and most energy came from coal burning and having centralized heating was more effective - also often industries supplied heat.