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Is air conditioning making cities hotter? (www.euronews.com)
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[–] TehWorld 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even without AC running, your house is still consuming electricity that eventually radiates to the outside.

[–] nbafantest 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are orders of magnitude difference between what the air conditioning does, and what you're referring to.

[–] TehWorld 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did I accidentally post metrics that are incorrect? I certainly don’t remember that. Tens of watts times hundreds or millions of homes will still have a measurable effect even without AC. It’ll just be smaller and I don’t think anyone is going to argue that.

[–] nbafantest 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How dense do you think these homes are?

Just read the article

The measurable effect is from the heat pumps.

Heat pumps are exceptionally efficient