We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave

Re:We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave by out-of-ideas on Saturday May 13, 2023 @06:41PM (#35933499)

Its funny to me that we rely on AC's; where we bring energy from someplace else, cause some work to be done, and dispalce heat outside; thus overall increasing temps just by heat displacement and work involved. (similar thoughts as to "just open up your freezer to cool off your house" but in reality that just HEATS up your house, as you bring energy into house and cause it to work harder).

surprised musky isnt trying to build an AC for the earth on the moon... make the moon warm again.

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Re:We’re About to See a Rare and Record-Setting May Heat Wave by wrs on Sunday May 14, 2023 @03:46PM (#35940806)

Well, we can’t control how much heat there is (though we have found we can increase the average pretty effectively!) but we do have ways to control where it is.

E.g., in our house we just got heat pump water heaters that are basically air conditioners that pump heat from the room (which the furnace puts its waste heat into, btw) into the water tank instead of venting it outside.

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