Reply To: Mind, Spirit, Science connection?

[Tulse]

Y’know, in some of those socialist countries they disguise substations of similar value and power as houses for aesthetic purposes.

That’s certainly true where I live, in Soviet Canuckistan — Torontograd has many such substations.

I’m very dubious, however, that a residential plant would be permitted with such a large cooling tower — the height alone would prohibit it from many such locations. However, if the idea is to place small modules all around cities, I wonder if one can’t use the existing water/sewer system as a heat sink. Even if one isn’t going to use the plant for district heating, one might be able to simply run the cooling pipes into the local water infrastructure. Or, alternatively, build such plants at sewage treatment plants, and use the excess heat in the water treatment process.