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Solar Power scrubs the NYC Subway clean
« on: July 22, 2011, 08:30:54 am »
Solar power scrubs NYC subways clean

Recently the MTA started using water heated by solar power to clean the subway cars.
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Re: Solar Power scrubs the NYC Subway clean
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2011, 10:17:12 am »
I never knew grease could get picked up in the tunnel and get absorbed by the train. Very interesting. Saves money and energy :D

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Re: Solar Power scrubs the NYC Subway clean
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2011, 07:10:42 pm »
Grease, oil, garbage, etc sticks to tunnel walls over time and can cause breathing conditions. The tunnel walls are gray, not black(that's over 100 years of dust right there). This is a very interesting program nonetheless.

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