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The linked article touches on this. It explains that the new trains emit similar heat levels to older trains, and says there was no option to emit more heat wi
by the_other 3y ago
The linked article touches on this. It explains that the new trains emit similar heat levels to older trains, and says there was no option to emit more heat without heating the tunnels. They made the running gear cooler (by installing less of it), and using that heat saving as the budget for the air cooling.
As a software engineer who's not touched hardware design in 25 years, I found this heat budgeting really interesting.
- droopyEyelids 3y agoIf you're the kind of person who plays video games, you might enjoy Oxygen Not Included, managing heat is one of the game mechanics
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoAs is oxygen and waste; I never thought of it as an analog to the same problems that the tube has.
- droopyEyelids 3y agosame problems as life on planet Earth!
- rtkwe 3y agoWith the convenience of thermodynamically impossible heat deletion mechanics though. Steam turbines in that game delete heat for every bit of energy they produce.