silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 年前Nights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square41linkfedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down12
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 年前message-square41linkfedilink
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-21 年前yeah if you don’t have heating (wood, pellets, gas, fossil, electric, whatever) you can’t live in that climate. its, like, a thing. but its way easier to heat a thing and keep it warm than cool a thing.
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前huh. I was just looking at air conditioners being really inefficient and it being really hard to keep a thing cool passively because all the stuff we do/have makes heat nowadays.
minus-squaredingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前It’s easy to passively cool things, as long as you’re okay getting them wet :)
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前me? yes. my living space? less.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前On the other hand, ACs are heat pumps, which are generally efficient for transferring heat energy (both to warm and cool)
minus-squaredingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-21 年前The laws of thermodynamics disagree Edit: the downvoters may want to actually learn about this https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-does-it-take-more-energy-to-heat-a-home-than-to-cool-one.html https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-10/why-we-always-fight-over-air-conditioning
yeah if you don’t have heating (wood, pellets, gas, fossil, electric, whatever) you can’t live in that climate. its, like, a thing.
but its way easier to heat a thing and keep it warm than cool a thing.
huh. I was just looking at air conditioners being really inefficient and it being really hard to keep a thing cool passively because all the stuff we do/have makes heat nowadays.
It’s easy to passively cool things, as long as you’re okay getting them wet :)
me? yes. my living space? less.
On the other hand, ACs are heat pumps, which are generally efficient for transferring heat energy (both to warm and cool)
heat pumps are extremely cool.
The laws of thermodynamics disagree
Edit: the downvoters may want to actually learn about this https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-does-it-take-more-energy-to-heat-a-home-than-to-cool-one.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-10/why-we-always-fight-over-air-conditioning
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