# Heat is useful only where and when it is needed

ID: thermal-time-mismatch
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Epistemic kind: reconstruction

## Question

What limits a shared thermal system when heat production and demand occur at different times?

## Formulation

The material explicitly notices that a full storage reservoir ceases to solve disposal, then asks about storage duration and alternative storage media. The economic revision narrows the first experiment.

## Tension

Total annual heat balance can look favorable while the usable temperature and timing do not match.

## Challenge

How much of a surplus is usefully recovered rather than merely moved into storage that later saturates?