We had a small subterranean reactor, about 50 MW, supplying both hot water and power in the Stockholm suburb Farsta. It was shut down in 1973 due to low oil prices. Whoops.

Anyway, when it was shut down and replaced with oil the locals complained thy couldn't hang their clothing out to dry anymore, as it became covered in soot.

Several times it has been argued we should heat our cities with the cooling water of our big reactors, but due to political reasons it never happens. We'll see what happens post peak.


Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.