silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 个月前Nights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 7 个月前message-square46fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-27 个月前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-up2·7 个月前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-up1·7 个月前It’s easy to passively cool things, as long as you’re okay getting them wet :)
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前me? yes. my living space? less.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前On the other hand, ACs are heat pumps, which are generally efficient for transferring heat energy (both to warm and cool)
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 个月前heat pumps are extremely cool.
minus-squaredingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-27 个月前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
minus-squareDancingBear@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 个月前Pepperidge 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