It’s exacerbating the fact that cities in Europe are getting hotter.
But it’s not what’s causing it
Is air conditioning making cities hotter?
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https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/30/fact-check-is-air-conditioning-making-cities-hotter
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Yes
mvirts@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Objectively
Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Heat from the device working?
We know trees cool areas. We know concrete retains heat. We know humans produce/generate 1 bar of heat per adult.
Less trees more concrete and more people with less airflow plus a bunch of electrical devices. Everything is heating is including us and very little is dissipating that wasted heat.
Probably could argue all our fridges also cause heat, computers, laptops, phones and tvs.
Pretty much every electrical device is creating wasted heated. Are AC units doing more or less than any other appliances?
I’m sure a clever engineer can work out which device is the least efficient and is creating the most excess heat vs it’s ability to cool