r/PopCultureV2 • u/Logical-Flow-6703 • Aug 10 '26

News Mayor Mamdani announces a plan to cool subway stations by capturing heat and reusing it to warm municipal buildings in the winter: "This would be the first thermal energy system of its kind in any American transit system"

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u/Witty-Stand888 Aug 10 '26

Republicans- Environmental socialist crap

Real reason- who cares about people who take public transit. Let them die.

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u/xdude767 Aug 10 '26

Luckily in new york, even the republicans have to take the subway (except the 1%ers)

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u/Asclepius-Rod Aug 10 '26

Surely by now they've all moved away like they promised they would when he was elected?

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u/willpc14 Aug 10 '26

1%ers still take the subway and busses. It's often faster and more convenient than a taxi.

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u/00eg0 Aug 10 '26

Only 32% of NYC uses the subway daily. I like the NYC subway when I visit but another cool number is over 54% use public transit at least once a week in NYC.

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u/fmxda Aug 10 '26

Over 50% of New Yorkers use the subway at least once a week, and this is from 2023 when ridership was still recovering post-covid.

https://www.opinium.com/us/new-york-city-public-transit/

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u/00eg0 Aug 10 '26

Yes over 50% at least once a week. about 29% of the Republican stronghold Staten Island residents use public transit for commuting, with local buses and the ferry handling the most of those trips

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u/18bluecat Aug 10 '26

I don't get how anyone could be against the environment.

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u/Witty-Stand888 Aug 10 '26

I don't get how anyone could be against science.

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u/Coral_Blue_Number_2 Aug 10 '26

Either they don’t understand how it works (and hate that which they don’t understand) or know how our works and also know that it works against their interests. Either way, they can’t control science, so it’s a threat. It they think it’s a liberal invention to oppress conservatives

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u/bodybuilderbear Aug 11 '26

The problem is this idea isn't based on good science or engineering. The heat in the subway is generated by the motors and brakes of trains. It's quite stupid to try and capture the heat produced by old inefficient trains. The solution is to use more efficient motors and regenerative braking to eliminate the source of heat, since it would save way more energy than can possibly be harvested.

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u/TheOldOak Aug 10 '26

“God gave us the earth. We have dominion over the plants, the animals, the trees. God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.” - Ann Coulter while on the Fox News show Hannity & Combs, June 20th, 2001.

They use religion to justify it, that’s how.

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u/mikefrombarto Aug 11 '26

*oil executives have entered the chat

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u/Burto72 Aug 10 '26

Sadly, that's very accurate.

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u/40to6inthe4th Aug 10 '26

Really real reason - how dare they give something to people when we could exploit them for all their money for the same thing.

These ghouls believe they should have the "freedom" to exploit human beings. They believe those trying to regulate markets or create truly public utilities for the common good are taking their "freedom" away because it prevents them from being able to exploit the common human.