Comment on Would it be better to just have a lot of society be underground?
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Human internal clocks get advanced about an hour each day by exposure to light. Living in perpetual darkness (or under light bulbs only) wrecks hell on the system.
Plus you need some way to get rid of excess heat. Human society uses a lot of energy. That all turns into heat eventually.
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 4 days ago
My graveyard-shift friend simply gets sunlight before going to work later.
It’s cold down there. Have you ever gone into a basement? That heat is useful.
glimse@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Have you ever spent time in one with other people? My basement (furnished hangout space) warms up pretty quick when I have guests.
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 3 days ago
What’s the point about your friend. Apparently they are still getting their sunlight every day.
Mountainaire@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
Right, and likewise underground dwellers can still go up to the surface to get their sunlight to prevent the havoc that you warned of. That’s my point.
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It’s cold because it has a large thermal mass and nothing heating it up.
Human civilization produces a lot of heat. The thermal mass means it might take years or decades to reach its heat equilibrium. But that equilibrium will be excruciatingly hot.