[Youngian]

A good overview of architectural and planning deficiencies in combatting extreme heat. The report isn’t anti aircon but the wasteful inefficient technology available on the mass market. I have a spray bottle that cost me a pound and if things get really hot I might turn on a fan while I spray cold water on myself.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Inevitably, an area with the potential for emissions to rise fast will get a lot of attention. But A/C shouldn't be a long term problem, because it's purely a matter of electricity supply, unlike some highly polluting industrial processes (where carbon capture will probably be necessary). And it should be fairly straightforward to balance A/C use with high solar energy production. So I don't quite the concern with A/C.

[Killer Whale]

A friend of mine points out that AC is just air source heat pump running backwards. I'm not sure how you would get one unit to do both, mind.

[Boiler]

A friend of mine points out that AC is just air source heat pump running backwards. I'm not sure how you would get one unit to do both, mind.

Indeed it is, and I can't believe it's beyond the wit of man to come up with an essentially bi-directional unit?

[The Weeping Angel]

[Tubby Isaacs]

What's causing the A/C panic? It's like they want A/C to become another part of the culture war or something.

[The Weeping Angel]

I don't know, I was listening to an episode of the Abundance Agenda, which had a feature on the British hatred of a/c on this.

[Youngian]

Aircon isn’t popular across Europe. Partly climate but even Spain, white houses with thick walls and passive ventilation design keeps internal temperatures down. The traditional round African mud hut is a by word for primitive but apparently extremely good at combating temperature build ups.