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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by mises on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:41PM (#20397460)
Yeah, heating is usually more efficient than cooling, because energy is usually produced with some kind of heat output. All though agriculture is a serious concern; you might starve several million people in africa.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by hirsin on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:04PM (#20397650)
Surprisingly this is not true. A watt of energy can only produce a watt of heat, but can remove several watts of heat from a space.

That said, we're much better setup to increase total entropy in the atmosphere than decrease it (via heat sinks eg)

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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @08:59PM (#20398302)
Those displaced Joules are just moved somewhere nearby and are joined by the energy spent moving them.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by hirsin on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @09:23PM (#20398413)
Yes, hence my second statement and use of "space" in the first.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by mises on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @08:21AM (#20401236)
From a purely scientific view, yes, you can move energy easier than you can cool it. However, people in hot climates usually prefer cold air blowing, which takes more energy to chill.
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Re:U.S. has its wettest 12 months on record again by chrisco255 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @07:05PM (#20397668)
Not just Africa. Probably every continent, because yields would tank and growing seasons would shrink.
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