Comment on I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK)
grahamja@reddthat.com 3 days agoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_heat_island
You can always plant more trees, paint all the buildings brighter colors, live underground, or move north?
en.wikipedia.org/…/Passive_daytime_radiative_cool…
PDRC can be contrasted with conventional compression-based cooling systems (e.g., air conditioners) that consume substantial amounts of energy, have a net heating effect (heating the outdoors more than cooling the indoors), require ready access to electric power and often employ coolants that deplete the ozone layer or have a strong greenhouse effect.
Yikes.
grandma@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Yeah by like 400W which is peanuts compared to what the sun is doing
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 3 days ago
Also: if a big box store with high ceilings is going to cool the entire building to 68F, I’m not going to fret over cooling my modestly-sized home.
Jean_le_Flambeur@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
“Someone alread took a shit in the victims head so its okay if i piss on his leg no?”
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 days ago
A shit in the victim’s head? That’s rough.
FishFace@piefed.social 3 days ago
A typical air conditioner consumes 1kW, and on top of that heats the outside by however much the inside is cooled.
Amir@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Yeah but that heat is merely redistributed, it’s not like it’s adding to the total temperature