Comment on Why is there steam coming out of the streets in New York
Sequentialsilence@lemmy.world 1 week ago
There’s a lot of things under the streets of New York, many of them cause heat. In order to cool them off the heat is vented outside and the warm moist air meets with the cool dry air and condensates into droplets that we see as steam. Same affect as breathing out on a cold day, you’re not creating steam but it looks that way because the warm moist air from your breath is condensing in the cool dry air.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Could you name one thing that would cause heat under streets? It’s kinda hard to believe tbh
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Pipes transferring steam.
TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.world 1 week ago
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Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
When you take a hot shower where do you think that water is going?
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 week ago
Wouldn’t it cool off in the sewer, though?
Coreidan@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yes but hot water continues to flow in.
And it doesn’t need to stay very hot. It just needs to be warmer than the outside air temperature in order for vapor to form.
The ground and continuous hot water input keeps everything insulated.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 week ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/…/New_York_City_steam_system#%….
WordBox@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Subway brakes.
dysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
Ehhhhhhhh
WordBox@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Ask London.