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How could there be a world where mechanized tunnel boring is feasible but air conditioners aren't?
by EnigmaFlare 2y ago
How could there be a world where mechanized tunnel boring is feasible but air conditioners aren't?
- ornornor 2y agoHoles stay dug (for the most part), AC needs energy to keep working.
- floatrock 2y agoWe're talking CapEx vs OpEx, not "go back to the pre-industrial era".
- EnigmaFlare 2y agoEven then, it would surely take centuries for the cost of building underground to be paid off in power savings from the cost of air conditioning. Who's going to plan that far ahead, especially in the middle of unpredictable climate change where even the underground option might turn out to be the wrong one for some reason before it's paid off?