silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 months agoNights in Las Vegas Are Becoming Dangerously Hotwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 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-squaredingdongmetacarples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe laws of thermodynamics disagree
minus-squareprimrosepathspeedrun@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 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-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoOn the other hand, ACs are heat pumps, which are generally efficient for transferring heat energy (both to warm and cool)
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.
The laws of thermodynamics disagree
Pepperidge Farm remembers
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.
On the other hand, ACs are heat pumps, which are generally efficient for transferring heat energy (both to warm and cool)