silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down12cross-posted to: nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz
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minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·edit-23 months 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-up2·3 months 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-up1·3 months agoIt’s easy to passively cool things, as long as you’re okay getting them wet :)
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agome? yes. my living space? less.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months 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-up1·3 months agoheat pumps are extremely cool.
minus-squaredingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·edit-23 months 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-down1·3 months 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