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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by scotty79 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:10AM (#32011178)
Which only makes more sense for the New York to be heated by a network of pipes.
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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by mgiampapa on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:03AM (#32011555)
Portions of NYC are heated by pipes. ConEd operates the largest commercial steam system in the world.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_steam_system

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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by weberer on Thursday July 07, 2022 @08:21AM (#32013071)
>Today, Consolidated Edison operates the largest commercial steam system in the world (larger than the next nine combined).

Huh, neat.

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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by brtkdotse on Thursday July 07, 2022 @04:54AM (#32011501)
A series of tubes, you say?
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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by scotty79 on Friday July 08, 2022 @06:17AM (#32025155)
I never understood why it was so funny. For me it was good first order of approximation of how internet works.

We actually do pipe some stuff around and it flows from one place to another.

Is the series of tubes so hilariously unimaginable for Americans?

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Re:Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland by hGfbjHzuHv on Thursday July 07, 2022 @07:38PM (#32021121)
It’s not a truck.
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