Can we air condition our way out of extreme heat? part 1: a primer on air conditioning (www.theclimatebrink.com)

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[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Not sure if ground source heat pumps (which would heat the ground rather than the air in the summer in AC mode) would make a meaningful difference or not.

I worry that this will just displace the problem for a generation, and eventually, just as the atlantic ocean has warmed to fucking jacuzzi levels, eventually we won't be able to pour more heat into the ground.

https://apnews.com/article/record-hot-water-florida-coral-climate-change-6414d44c6f120507d3ee37c059fb75cd

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