Pipe dreams...
Sid Abma says: "The EIA states that in 2012 America consumed 17.5 Trillion cu.ft of natural gas for industry and commercial buildings and the power plants. Guess to how much was wasted (40% ?) blown up chimneys across the country as HOT exhaust into the atmosphere. Why does our governments and industry still allow this to happen?"
and:
"The technology of Condensing Flue Gas Heat Recovery is designed to recover this energy from these exhaust gases, so that it again be utilized back in the building or facility."
Er, could it, just possibly, be something to do with economics? Like the power stations not all being conveniently near the places that could do with the heat - and long distance lossless pipes still being a dream of the future?
Duh!