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Is air conditioning making cities hotter?
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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.
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