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I'm not sure if you've ever lived in a place where you're not supposed to drink the tap water because it can bring a lot of disease. I think we as humans realiz

I'm not sure if you've ever lived in a place where you're not supposed to drink the tap water because it can bring a lot of disease. I think we as humans realized that water carried a lot of disease and in many places started treating water much better to protect our health. To me it seems very logical that we should also treat the air to protect our health from diseases carried in the air.

constantcrying 2y ago
>I'm not sure if you've ever lived in a place where you're not supposed to drink the tap water because it can bring a lot of disease. Can't say I have ever done that. >To me it seems very logical that we should also treat the air to protect our health from diseases carried in the air. There is an absolutely great feature of air, which makes it totally distinct from water. If you open the window inside and outside air will mix. I know this is kind of miraculous and might just be a very big deal, but I think it could allow us to replace the stale air in the inside with fresh air from the outside.
- jimkleiber 2y ago
  Fair point on that its vastness allows quick recycling. They do this in Germany a lot, where even in deep winter they'll open windows to recycle the air. I think there are a few challenges to this: 1) It's mostly manual, compared to an automatic ventilation system. Perhaps if it were more automated, I'd agree with you. 2) If it's very hot or cold or humid outside, I think doing this can impact indoor conditions and I'm not sure how much that energy cost compares to other forms of ventilation. 3) Not every part of an indoor space is very close to a window. Large indoor spaces, underground indoor spaces, small ebclosed areas such as bathrooms in the middle of homes, etc., may make it hard to just open a window and flush out the "bad" air.

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I'm not sure if you've ever lived in a place where you're not supposed to drink the tap water because it can bring a lot of disease. I think we as humans realiz

by jimkleiber 2y ago

constantcrying 2y ago
>I'm not sure if you've ever lived in a place where you're not supposed to drink the tap water because it can bring a lot of disease. Can't say I have ever done that. >To me it seems very logical that we should also treat the air to protect our health from diseases carried in the air. There is an absolutely great feature of air, which makes it totally distinct from water. If you open the window inside and outside air will mix. I know this is kind of miraculous and might just be a very big deal, but I think it could allow us to replace the stale air in the inside with fresh air from the outside.
- jimkleiber 2y ago
  Fair point on that its vastness allows quick recycling. They do this in Germany a lot, where even in deep winter they'll open windows to recycle the air. I think there are a few challenges to this: 1) It's mostly manual, compared to an automatic ventilation system. Perhaps if it were more automated, I'd agree with you. 2) If it's very hot or cold or humid outside, I think doing this can impact indoor conditions and I'm not sure how much that energy cost compares to other forms of ventilation. 3) Not every part of an indoor space is very close to a window. Large indoor spaces, underground indoor spaces, small ebclosed areas such as bathrooms in the middle of homes, etc., may make it hard to just open a window and flush out the "bad" air.