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>We can build passive structures to regulate peak temperatures - caves and windowless insulated boxes with high thermal mass, for instance. As long as the avera
by coldtea 3y ago
>We can build passive structures to regulate peak temperatures - caves and windowless insulated boxes with high thermal mass, for instance. As long as the average temperatures (day and night) over a few days or a week are survivable, active cooling isn't strictly necessary.
Survival is a consolation, but if we need to start living in caves and windowless insulated boxes, then those are not very reassuring news...
- Gigachad 3y agoBut we managed to deliver a lot of value to shareholders before then.
- AtlasBarfed 3y agoShareholders being about 100 billionaires
- carlosjobim 3y agoMake a visit to one of the cold-as-hell regions of the world and take a look at how traditional houses look. Window sizes, wall thickness. Look at the energy usage needed to survive the climate. If people organise themselves, they can both survive and thrive in extreme conditions. Even just as isolated individuals. Regions with high humidity and high temperatures also have huge rivers and waterfalls for cooling, irrigation and hydroelectric power plants to run millions of AC Units and build AC factories.
- coldtea 3y ago>If people organise themselves, they can both survive and thrive in extreme conditions. Even just as isolated individuals. You mean like Siberia and Alaska are "thriving"?
- carlosjobim 3y agoI've never been there, so I wouldn't know. They're doing pretty well from what I've heard. How about Norway? How about Ontario or Minnesota?