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Re:Texas Power Prices Briefly Surpass $9k Amid Scorching Heat by Pulcinella on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:00AM (#20695615)
There are cooling systems that freeze a tank of water at night when power is cheap and run the A/C system though it during the day. I’m not sure how effective it is though.
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Re:Texas Power Prices Briefly Surpass $9k Amid Scorching Heat by joezydeco on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:47AM (#20696080)
Here in Chicago we cool entire banks of skyscrapers using that method. It's very effective.

https://enwavechicago.com/how-district-cooling-works/system-...

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Re:Texas Power Prices Briefly Surpass $9k Amid Scorching Heat by bradknowles on Thursday August 15, 2019 @03:06AM (#20703205)
It’s called an “ice bear”, and is actually very effective at the level of an individual home.

I don’t know why more people don’t install them here in Texas.

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