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Re:US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming by iso1631 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @11:30AM (#27773244)
The irony of as we have more hot days, more AC is used, using more kWh, generating more CO2, leading to more hot days.

There's also the OPs complaint that he has no agency in this - but he chooses to have AC. I wonder how many tons of CO2 are emitted so people in offices can wear suits and jackets and work through the day, rather than shorts and t-shirts and siesta in the cool.

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Re:US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming by EForEndeavour on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:36PM (#27774382)
> I wonder how many tons of CO2 are emitted so people in offices can wear suits and jackets and work through the day, rather than shorts and t-shirts and siesta in the cool.

A whole lot less than 1.5 years ago!

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Re:US-Canada heatwave 'virtually impossible' without warming by ars on Thursday July 08, 2021 @02:12PM (#27775777)
But don't forget that there's less heating in the winter.

I suspect that because humans live in all sorts of temperature zones the combination of the two basically makes it a wash energy wise.

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