Re:New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
by butteroverflow on Monday July 01, 2019 @12:20AM
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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 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.
Re:New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
by fri_sch on Monday July 01, 2019 @01:25AM
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I think whoever is responsible for such a waste of resources should be held accountable for severe damage to the environment and the climate system.
Re:New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
by gambiting on Monday July 01, 2019 @03:40AM
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By 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.
Re:New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
by C1sc0cat on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:47AM
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They are long retired or dead by now
Re:New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
by Gravityloss on Monday July 01, 2019 @04:15AM
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Thermostats 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.
Re:New Raspberry Pi 4 Firmware Lowers Temperature by 3-5°C
by butteroverflow on Monday July 01, 2019 @05:47AM
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I 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.
In each building there is a system which takes the district heat and uses it to heat the water of the building. Both hot tap water and central heating. But the water is separate from district heat, so in each building the temperatures can be adjusted.
In older buildings you still have the issue you describe on a macro level - apartments on the bottom floor are too hot, and on the top are too cold - but it doesn't matter how close or far your building is from the district heating station.