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I moved to Seattle 25 years ago and you truly didn’t need AC. Summers were pretty reliably amazing with clear skies and temps seldom above the low 80s. There we

by wrs 3y ago

I moved to Seattle 25 years ago and you truly didn’t need AC. Summers were pretty reliably amazing with clear skies and temps seldom above the low 80s. There were a couple of weeks with uncomfortable temperatures (by PNW standards), easily dealt with by ventilating the house at night and closing it up during the day. It’s gotten steadily worse, to where now I’d say you do need AC. Which is a terrible shame.

aaronbrethorst 3y ago
I came here to say the same. I moved here in 2003 and I can only think of one week in one summer (2009? 2010?) where an AC was critical. This has completely changed in the last 6-7 years to the point now where I can't imagine not having an air conditioner here anymore.
- WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
  On the opposite corner of the US, Florida winters are about 20° warmer than they were in the early 1990s. We've gone from regular frosts and seeing teens every few years to seeing frost every few years. There's precious little of Florida that isn't transforming into Hell.
out-of-ideas 3y ago
Its funny to me that we rely on AC's; where we bring energy from someplace else, cause some work to be done, and dispalce heat outside; thus overall increasing temps just by heat displacement and work involved. (similar thoughts as to "just open up your freezer to cool off your house" but in reality that just HEATS up your house, as you bring energy into house and cause it to work harder). surprised musky isnt trying to build an AC for the earth on the moon... make the moon warm again.
- wrs 3y ago
  Well, we can’t control how much heat there is (though we have found we can increase the average pretty effectively!) but we do have ways to control where it is. E.g., in our house we just got heat pump water heaters that are basically air conditioners that pump heat from the room (which the furnace puts its waste heat into, btw) into the water tank instead of venting it outside.

by wrs 3y ago

aaronbrethorst 3y ago

I came here to say the same. I moved here in 2003 and I can only think of one week in one summer (2009? 2010?) where an AC was critical. This has completely changed in the last 6-7 years to the point now where I can't imagine not having an air conditioner here anymore.

WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
On the opposite corner of the US, Florida winters are about 20° warmer than they were in the early 1990s. We've gone from regular frosts and seeing teens every few years to seeing frost every few years. There's precious little of Florida that isn't transforming into Hell.

out-of-ideas 3y ago

Its funny to me that we rely on AC's; where we bring energy from someplace else, cause some work to be done, and dispalce heat outside; thus overall increasing temps just by heat displacement and work involved. (similar thoughts as to "just open up your freezer to cool off your house" but in reality that just HEATS up your house, as you bring energy into house and cause it to work harder). surprised musky isnt trying to build an AC for the earth on the moon... make the moon warm again.

wrs 3y ago
Well, we can’t control how much heat there is (though we have found we can increase the average pretty effectively!) but we do have ways to control where it is. E.g., in our house we just got heat pump water heaters that are basically air conditioners that pump heat from the room (which the furnace puts its waste heat into, btw) into the water tank instead of venting it outside.