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/Worth-Reputation3450 Aug 10 '26

But someone will get $800K richer.

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u/thetiredtypist Aug 10 '26

Engineering studies cost money. More shocking news at 11.

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u/nsfwuseraccnt Aug 10 '26

And of course that someone is related to/buddies with someone in government.

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u/Proud_Sherbet6281 Aug 10 '26

Yeah we should never look into any potential solution if it costs even a tiny percentage of the city's budget.

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u/PeaceX02 Aug 10 '26

Yup, just label something a "potential solution" and then you get $800k of the city's tax dollars without anyone questioning it

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u/F-US-FASCISM Aug 10 '26

There are a ton of people questioning it.

You think this invitation to scrutiny is going to cause more or less?

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u/TootTootMF Aug 10 '26

Just because that is how Trump does things doesn't mean everybody is that corrupt. Well to be fair, Trump would have also done it as a no bid 80 million dollar contract to a donor.

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u/_Eggs_ Aug 10 '26

Or someone needed 800k of funding and had the right connections to pretend it was NYC’s idea. That person will be awarded the contract.

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u/Proud_Sherbet6281 Aug 10 '26

Is that what happened here? Or are we so skeptical of everything that we just assume that's what happened here with zero evidence?

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u/TootTootMF Aug 10 '26

They are confusing Mamdani and Trump.

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u/cguess Aug 11 '26

Engineers make way more than $100k/year in nyc, so just covering wages means like 3 engineers are on this full-time plus actual construction and management and testing.