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Here's a breakdown from 2007: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13941744 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139417... Mo

Here's a breakdown from 2007: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13941744 https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139417... More in-depth analysis: http://www.energysolutionscenter.org/assets/1/Page/GHP_Position_Paper_and_apndx_031710.pdf http://www.energysolutionscenter.org/assets/1/Page/GHP_Posit... In general, it appears that it's slightly better for carbon emissions to live in a warmer area with regular AC than it is to live in a humid temperate area that requires both heat half the year and AC the other half, or a cold area that requires heat most of the year.

fuzzfactor 7y ago
According to Figure 2 of the GHP paper that must be why Daytona would be preferable to Birmingham or Dallas if you wanted to minimize overall energy use by focusing on AC alone, using little or none during the warmer months. A basic rule of thumb is that it takes enough natural gas to heat three homes in order to produce the electricity to heat only one home. Also that it takes about 3kWh of electricity for an AC unit to cool off the heat produced by 1kWh of electrical appliances or other heat sources.