Fact-check: Is air conditioning making cities hotter?
www.euronews.com
A study found that waste heat generated by a city’s worth of air conditioners during a heatwave can raise the outside temperature by more than 2 degrees Celsius.
  • @nbafantest@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2•1 year ago

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

    • @TehWorld@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•1 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.

      • @nbafantest@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•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