Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environmental cost

Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by barkingcat on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @02:38PM (#17861570)

Many store fronts have large sliding glass walls that open up the entire structure to open air - and they blast AC at 16 degrees inside, while the entire store is open to 30+ degree air outside.

The idea is so that the AC would leak out the doors and entice people to want to walk into the store. But that means that all the AC is wasted.

This kind of irresponsible use of AC is everywhere in hot climates in large shoppping streets, pretty much everywhere - North America, Asia (in asia it's insane how much AC is wasted), and I don't see it as much in Europe but probably some stores do it.

That's just a waste and is really sad.

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by abraham_lincoln on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:12PM (#17861918)

You say it is a waste, but to the store, it is an advertising expense.

Would you rather they buy Facebook ads and use hydroelectric (assuming ad server's power source)?

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by barkingcat on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:28PM (#17862068)

It's both a waste as well as an advertising expense. It's an expense that has a much higher cost and externality than the benefit of the advertising.

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by powercf on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:31PM (#17862093)

> North America, Asia (in asia it's insane how much AC is wasted), and I don't see it as much in Europe but probably some stores do it

+ Brasil. It's infuriating.

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