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Is air conditioning making cities hotter? (www.euronews.com)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

It's a good discussion in prioritizing:

  • Urban design - reducing heat retaining materials and increasing greenery.
  • Support for home efficiency improvements - more efficient homes require less AC.
  • The type of AC we support - ground source heat pumps eliminate this problem (at the cost of increased up front cost that pays itself down).