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> infrastructure for AC-based indoor living in the entire region and beyond Thats a huge amount of constant power and infrastructure, which is just not going t
by intended 10y ago
> infrastructure for AC-based indoor living in the entire region and beyond
Thats a huge amount of constant power and infrastructure, which is just not going to be built.
Easier to build an underground city with high ceilings and taking advantage of physics than managing to give AC to everyone in the region, which is to say both options are extremely difficult and require pre-existing infrastructure.
And this still doesn't solve the problem of what precisely people will do for work in the region
- pjc50 10y ago> underground city with high ceilings and taking advantage of physics Ancient Iranian architecture was quite close to that, which you may be alluding to: http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Architecture/wind.htm http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Architecture/wind.htm What people will do? Well, same as everywhere else, everything from agriculture to software. It's more a question of how many of them the local agriculture can support. The number of people who've fled Syria is more than its entire population was in 1950. Similar applies to places like Yemen. Malthusianism may not apply globally, but it can certainly bite locally.
- tim333 10y agoOr there's solar powered aircon https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/wall-split-type-Energy-Saving-Solar_60210162402.html?spm=a2700.7724857.0.0.03OzpA https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/wall-split-type-Energ...
- saiya-jin 10y agosaw those built in places like ancient city center of Yazd, they sure had the heating/cooling figured out. even saw a photo of ice storage building (looked a bit older). I mean, storing ice in the middle of the desert. no wonder persians were called 'educated arabs' in the past.