silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agoNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square40linkfedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down12
arrow-up1187arrow-down1external-linkNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square40linkfedilink
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-22 years agoyeah 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-up2·2 years agohuh. 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-up1·2 years agoIt’s easy to passively cool things, as long as you’re okay getting them wet :)
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agome? yes. my living space? less.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOn the other hand, ACs are heat pumps, which are generally efficient for transferring heat energy (both to warm and cool)
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoheat pumps are extremely cool.
minus-squaredingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-22 years agoThe 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
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoPepperidge Farm remembers
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
Pepperidge Farm remembers