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Is air conditioning making cities hotter? (www.euronews.com)
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[โ€“] BradleyUffner 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right, but the area the heat was removed from gets colder. When looking at the city as a whole, the transferred heat cancels out. The only heat added to the system is the additional energy used to transfer the heat.

[โ€“] nbafantest 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This article isn't about the heat added to the entire planet