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WCDT strips 3956-3960 (11th to 15th March 2019)
Case:
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--- Quote from: Case on 11 Mar 2019, 05:12 ---Electric heating? Isn't that kind of ... expensive/wasteful? Or am I misunderstanding smth here?
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"Down here" in my part of Europe we have some older buildings also using electrical heating. Thing is: it's usually powered by "night electricity". My bathroom water heater is the same. reasoning: it's cheaper, but only available from midnight to 6am.
my heating itself is done through "Fernwärme", they run some kind of exhaust heat through half the city.
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Your "down here part of Europe" is about 700km from where I'm typing - Afaics, that's considered the other side of town in some parts of the US. :-D
Wiki sez "Fernwärme" translates to district heating or teleheating: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating
As to Ronan point: We've had two beyond-design base events (Chernobyl, Fukushima) in nuclear plants over the last 32 years, so I'm not so sure how concerned one should be about a gas explosion in 1965's London. There's spots in the infamous Red Forest next to Pripyat where even today, dead trees hardly rot at all because the radiation has killed most of the necessary microbes and insects.
Then again, I guess it's fair to say that basing critical long-term decisions on the emotional impact of one event that captures the imagination of many is basically how progress works in any human society.
I believe London was called "The Smoke" in one of its many earlier lives?
DSL:
--- Quote from: Castlerook on 11 Mar 2019, 09:13 ---Your first instinct is usually correct, the thing is that its not 100% reliable. A friend's father once told me that when people think about things overnight, its not to think themselves out of a situation, but rather to confirm that first instinct.
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It's worked more often than thinking something to death, but whatever browns your bacon.
Freelance_Physicist:
Moses reposes on toeses and dozes, but Moses reposes luxuriantly.
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAfC5yW_hw
Oenone:
I get that Brun is a forum favorite so it’s tempting to always side with her, but in this case I think it’s important to remember she’s house hunting as part of a unit. It’s appropriate to talk with your roomie about whether they want to live in a place before you BOTH sign a contract. It’s great Brun loves the place, but Renee has to live there too. She’s got a right to also feel good about her choice.
Perfectly Reasonable:
Hot and cold running cats. I'd be sold.
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