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> Cooling the stations is not an engineering challenge. Installing and operating huge chillers is a solved problem. Not correct in context. You cannot successf
by SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
> Cooling the stations is not an engineering challenge. Installing and operating huge chillers is a solved problem.
Not correct in context. You cannot successfully chill air without having a place to vent the resulting waste heat.
Where, in deep tube lines, to vent the waste heat, is _not_ a solved problem. It _is_ an unsolved engineering challenge.
The heat has been accumulating there for decades.
As detailed here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_cooling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground_cooling
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38364027
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38363476 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38363476
- NegativeLatency 3y agoAt a certain point it seems like there'd be enough stored energy to justify some heat pumps for nearby building heating.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoIf that was easy, it would have happened already https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38367176 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38367176