I’m confused about something. It seems to me that pushing steam miles and miles around a city would be very ineffective. Wouldn’t it cool off and turn back into water?
Just wondering.
A faithful reader…
Enright3
The mailbag item being referenced is:
Why does steam rise from manholes in the U.S.? (24-May-2000)
Just like pushing electricity for miles and miles through copper wires?
Luckily copper has fairly low resistance.
And I think the article mentions insulated pipes, so these steam systems probably have low enough levels of cooling to make it economical.