Places Are Increasingly Getting So Hot That People Just Die

Re:Places Are Increasingly Getting So Hot That People Just Die by DantesKite on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:33AM (#27768512)

I wonder if there's an efficient way of converting the latent heat in the air, even in places with high humidity into energy.

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Re:Places Are Increasingly Getting So Hot That People Just Die by BenjiWiebe on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:43AM (#27768552)

Nope. Heat is disorganized high entropy energy. We can't convert it into lower entropy energy like electricity or motion.

Now, a heat difference (resulting in heat movement) can be made to do useful work.

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Re:Places Are Increasingly Getting So Hot That People Just Die by jbrot on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:55AM (#27768597)

My understanding is that underground is a constant 50-60°F — wouldn’t that provide a heat difference?

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Re:Places Are Increasingly Getting So Hot That People Just Die by alephaleph on Thursday July 08, 2021 @10:59PM (#27780087)

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