https://xcancel.com/nytopinion/status/1829879853165765055
https://archive.ph/lxKBc
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/31/opinion/heat-wave-air-conditioning-climate-change.html

  • TechnoUnionTypeBeat [he/him, they/them]
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    17 days ago

    Especially when it doesn't cool down at night anymore

    This is the part that gets me, I primarily use fans but in the peak of summer my apartment can regularly reach 40 no problem, so I'll run a small window unit AC for a bit if I'm home to take the edge off

    At night I usually use fans, with a big double fan doing exhaust and intake to compensate for the fact this place wasn't built for air flow, but even then this place usually deals with 3 months worth of 30-40 days and 25-30 nights, with humidity never breaking

    Never used to be that way, that's why these places were designed to trap heat, but thanks to climate change, we're fucked

    • rando895@lemmygrad.ml
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      17 days ago

      One thing I didn't mention was using heat pumps for ac/heat. They are very efficient and should be a sort of support cooling/heating system for when the passive options are not quite enough.