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My source of the same intuitive understanding; electric bills. Power to heat, waste is more heat (just not where desired?). Power to cool is used to move the
by mjevans 3y ago
My source of the same intuitive understanding; electric bills.
Power to heat, waste is more heat (just not where desired?).
Power to cool is used to move the state of one side of the system to another, ideally open, side.
Though this does raise the question of if it's possible to cancel energy out. I think that's likely stopped by Heisenberg's uncertainty of measurements (and exactly matching them even when measured).
- Tyr42 3y agoThough if you compared the efficiency of a heap pump for cooling and a resistive heater for heating, you might be surprised that cooling is more efficient. The intuition is that the heat pump is moving heat, as opposed to just generating it.