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I mean, we already air condition a lot. My guess is if an area is uninhabitable for a small portion of the year, we'll build more structures designed to convey
by ocdtrekkie 5y ago
I mean, we already air condition a lot. My guess is if an area is uninhabitable for a small portion of the year, we'll build more structures designed to convey people between buildings and their vehicles without people actually going outdoors, such that you just don't go outside when it's that hot.
As a Chicagoan, I'd like to see more built that way just for the winter...
That being said, underground is pretty efficient energy-wise, it'll just depend on whether or not that exceeds the costs of building underground, which is generally significant.
- irrational 5y agoWhen I lived in south Florida we would pretty much went from our air conditioned houses to our air conditioned cars to our air conditioned schools/stores/work. I’d usually wait until after midnight to go for a run since it was “cooler”.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoYeah, I've done a bit of that when traveling. I guess the question becomes: "what do we do when even the walk to your car is unsafe", which is a point we will reach the closer we get to temperatures that are actually enough to boil water. ;) I imagine being able to summon a car would become a key feature, for instance, since storing everyone's vehicles indoors is unlikely to be economical.
- jpindar 5y agoSomething like the Minneapolis Skyway? It has it's good points and bad points. Like a mall, it's sort of a public space - but not really. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Skyway_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Skyway_System
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoYeah, I'm jealous of the Minneapolis Skyway. IIRC, there's an underground area in Chicago that is similar.