@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 9 months agoNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down12
arrow-up1155arrow-down1external-linkNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.com@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 9 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-square@primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•edit-29 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-square@primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 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-square@dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 months agoIt’s easy to passively cool things, as long as you’re okay getting them wet :)
minus-square@primrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 months agome? yes. my living space? less.
minus-square@dingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink-1•edit-29 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
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.
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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