[Gllug] Major power cuts in North America

[Chris Bell]

On Fri 15 Aug, Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

> On Fri 15 Aug, Chris Bell bloviated thus:
> 
> >    Since one of the easiest ways to increase the problem is to run air
> > conditioning systems, perhaps we should consider taxing air conditioning.
> > About twice as much power is required for lowering the temperature as for
> > raising the temperature by the same amount.
> 
> It's already pretty expensive to run, but that doesn't seem to stop
> them.  The problem is these huge, resource-intensive skyscrapers.
> (says Simon as he sits on the 19th floor of just such a beast).  We
> run our air conditioning year round in our office because the heating
> doesn't have a thermostat.  Well thought out!
> 
   I have been in hotels where each room has its own air conditioning system
which cools, dries, then heats the air to an adjustable temperature, which
could probably use a little less power in winter if it can recycle the heat
(but they probably do not).

-- 
Chris Bell


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