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[<scott@permaculture.org>]

I spent some time in Academgorodok, Siberia teaching permaculture and was 
amazed at the bounty within the dachas on the edge of the city.  Siberia has 
a wide range of zones primarily 2 in the north and 4 in the south and coastal 
regions.  There is plenty of agriculture and gardening in all of those zones, 
much as there is in Alaska.
Scott

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Bob Waldrop <bob@bobwaldrop.net>
>  To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
>  Subject: [permaculture] District heating systems in Siberia was Re: 
> Russians in this PC list. Are there any and if not, why not?
>  Sent: Jul 20 '16 09:03
>  
>  On 7/20/2016 3:34 AM, Lawrence London wrote:
>  
>  > But we would hardly move to Siberia, where life is an unremitting
>  > struggle
>  >> against the cold.
>  >>
>  
>  One of the interesting things about life in Siberia is the prevalence of
>  district heating systems, where an entire neighborhood or village is
>  heated from a central plant.  While I am certainly not an expert on the
>  subject, my reading is that such systems are more efficient than the
>  typical modern house which has its own individual heating system.  One
>  of my thoughts about urban permaculture is that district heating and
>  cooling systems, coupled with superinsulation and other passive systems,
>  would be a useful way to lower the energy consumption of cities.  To
>  some extent, this happens in central business districts, where there is
>  often some form of district heating or cooling available.  Downtown
>  Oklahoma City has that "amenity".
>  
>  Bob Waldrop, Okie City
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