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Re:Europe's record heat wave moves toward Greenland by boobsbr on Friday July 26, 2019 @05:41PM (#20538597)
I'm seriously tempted, but at the same time, I remember that it would generate MORE heat outside to cool my bedroom. And the surge in electricity would be probably supplied from burning gas or coal. I feel conflicted.
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Re:Europe's record heat wave moves toward Greenland by mrep on Friday July 26, 2019 @05:53PM (#20538676)
> I remember that it would generate MORE heat outside to cool my bedroom.

That's not really an issue: "For a 2014 paper, Francisco Salamanca and colleagues at Arizona State University modeled the effects of air conditioning on surface air temps in Phoenix. They found a nighttime increase of about 2°F (and nothing much during the day)" [0].

If it is powered by gas or coal though, that wouldn't be good.

[0]: https://www.popsci.com/ask-us-anything-does-using-ac-make-it...

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Re:Europe's record heat wave moves toward Greenland by bobthepanda on Friday July 26, 2019 @05:50PM (#20538658)
Anecdotally, Hong Kong is extremely air conditioned (to the point where it gets a little chilly) and the outside is unbearable when I've been during the summer months.
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