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Cooling costs 1/3 the energy of heating per degree day, but comes in for more hate because it seems decadent.
by lambdaphagy 5y ago
Cooling costs 1/3 the energy of heating per degree day, but comes in for more hate because it seems decadent.
- meristohm 5y agoWhat is the cost of freon on earth’s ability to radiate heat? Even if the cooling cost is less power degree than heating, there’s still a cost, scaled by number and size of units. Do enough of us have the discipline to only use the decadent, luxurious things for the outlying cases?
- lambdaphagy 5y agoThe substance you're talking about is already essentially banned in the developed world.
- meristohm 5y agoWhat is being used instead, and what are its potential impacts? What happens to all the freon (and other chemicals banned in developed countries) after it is banned? Do we sell it like we did with DDT?