• @TehWorld@lemmy.world
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    21 year ago

    Not just the AC. If we put a 20 amp load into a house with the washer and TV and lights and everything else, that energy has to Go SOMEWHERE, and eventually it pretty much all ends up as heat.

      • @TehWorld@lemmy.world
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        31 year ago

        Even without AC running, your house is still consuming electricity that eventually radiates to the outside.

        • @nbafantest@lemmy.world
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          21 year ago

          There are orders of magnitude difference between what the air conditioning does, and what you’re referring to.

          • @TehWorld@lemmy.world
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            11 year ago

            Did I accidentally post metrics that are incorrect? I certainly don’t remember that. Tens of watts times hundreds or millions of homes will still have a measurable effect even without AC. It’ll just be smaller and I don’t think anyone is going to argue that.

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              1 year ago

              How dense do you think these homes are?

              Just read the article

              The measurable effect is from the heat pumps.

              Heat pumps are exceptionally efficient

      • @BradleyUffner@lemmy.world
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        21 year ago

        Right, but the area the heat was removed from gets colder. When looking at the city as a whole, the transferred heat cancels out. The only heat added to the system is the additional energy used to transfer the heat.