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141 comments on HYDROGEN - grease to the elbow of Scottish power?

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Magnus Redin on October 16, 2006 - 9:14am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I've certainly heard no realistic solutions to the London Underground overheating problem.  Air conditioning the stations?  But where would you put the machinery?

What machinery is needed inside the stations besides cooling baffels and pipes? It should be bossible to drill lined holes and insert pipes for transfer of the chilled district cooling water to a convienient location for the chilling machinery.

Btw I am quite happy today regarding local post peak oil investments in Sweden. Our new liberal/right wing government presented its first budget today and added 20% on the railway infrastructure maintainance and investment budget.

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Valuethinker on October 17, 2006 - 5:29am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
London is more crowded than that.

You could put chillers on the surface (but not in the central London stations) but

the tunnels are open to the air (every Tube line has open air sections)

so the motion of the trains would just suck the hot air back in.

It's like trying to air condition a building with all the windows and doors open.

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