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plus there is still a lot of heating done with oil and even coal in some places. the temperature difference alone should point to heating being more expensive.
by Shivetya 8y ago
plus there is still a lot of heating done with oil and even coal in some places. the temperature difference alone should point to heating being more expensive. (going from freezing to acceptable is a lot more energy than from hot to the same temperature).
throw in the added benefit of AC is humidity control and AC is just a win win tech.
- Retric 8y agoHumility makes this less true than you would think. AC’s drip water because they condescend it from the air which takes lots of energy.
- r_smart 8y agoI can't tell if this is a weird attempt at a pun, a funny typo, or some kind of koan.
- BenFrantzDale 8y agoIt’s not the heat it’s the humility.
- SECProto 8y agoThere's also a lot of heating done with wood stoves, burning renewable locally sourced wood, too. Depends a lot on local context. Also, there's a lot less efficiency loss burning oil directly for heat, compared to burning oil for steam for 40% electricity which then gets turned into AC with some further efficiency loss. I expect the AC cooling might still come out on top, but not be nearly as much as implied.