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Re:Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town by komali2 on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @10:46PM (#39700102)
> Air conditioners are simple and cheap to install

Today. In my chats with the sort of home improvement types that seem to be in this thread, we're less concerned with today and more concerned with the cost of things in the future, as societies include "climate taxes" (in the form of actual taxes, subsidies, or whatever else) in the cost of things.

Re:Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town by llm_trw on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @10:57PM (#39700152)
And tomorrow because when you want to cool your house the sun is most likely out.