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Vienna Embraces Heat Pumps to Ditch Russian Gas | The Austrian capital has a $21 billion plan to end its dependence on imported natural gas with heat pumps, boreholes and energy efficiency. (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Good article, it makes sense to plan heat-pumps on a larger scale, hope support for such initiatives survives russian disinfo.
Couldn't they pump some heat directly from the Danube, or would that be too problematic for ecology and countries downstream ?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Hungary heats the Danube right back up at Paks, so no biggie. Especially if they open the new block - which is never because it's supposed to be built by Russia.

That said, the screeching about the damage even if it was nonexistent would be epic.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 week ago

Guys I was already jealous, you're just rubbing it in now.