Fact-check: Is air conditioning making cities hotter?
www.euronews.com
A study found that waste heat generated by a city’s worth of air conditioners during a heatwave can raise the outside temperature by more than 2 degrees Celsius.
  • TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    Even without AC running, your house is still consuming electricity that eventually radiates to the outside.

    • nbafantest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      There are orders of magnitude difference between what the air conditioning does, and what you’re referring to.

      • TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
        43·
        1 year ago

        Did I accidentally post metrics that are incorrect? I certainly don’t remember that. Tens of watts times hundreds or millions of homes will still have a measurable effect even without AC. It’ll just be smaller and I don’t think anyone is going to argue that.

        • nbafantest@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          How dense do you think these homes are?

          Just read the article

          The measurable effect is from the heat pumps.

          Heat pumps are exceptionally efficient