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> Anybody without AC would die Couldn't you just eat ice to keep cool? Heat from blood transfers to the ice as it melts and warms in the stomach, then it leave
by NotMichaelBay 3y ago
> Anybody without AC would die
Couldn't you just eat ice to keep cool? Heat from blood transfers to the ice as it melts and warms in the stomach, then it leaves the body completely through urination.
- aidenn0 3y agoYes, consuming below-ambient liquids can cool you off. This will likely involve some form of refrigeration. Similarly you could put a giant block of ice in front of a fan and sit there; most people would call this a from of AC though.
- sokoloff 3y agoIndeed, we even still colloquially quote/measure the cooling capacity of air conditioning in "tons". A ton of cooling being defined as 12000 BTU/hr, or the rate implied by the latent heat of fusion of 1 ton of ice at 0°C being consumed via melting over 24 hours.