• sab@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    We’re talking celsius, I hope for your sake it doesn’t routinely get to 100 C where you are. :)

    Edit: The user actually said 20 F, I got confused by the mix of units. “50c to 35c is 27 degrees” didn’t make sense to me, but I figured I’d let it slide. No idea what’s going on here. :)

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      I said “around” 10c. An article said from 8 to 12 Celsius. There’s a paper that said from 46c exterior temperature, the tower can cool the interior to between 34 and 38c. I just rounded things up.

      For a solution, we can generate green energy with solar panels and heat pumps.

      As I said, the way the tower works is super interesting, but 34c is still very hot to be comfortable.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, that sounds about right - the relative effect of the tower probably depends a lot on various factors like how windy it is, if extreme heat occurs only for a day or if it has been ongoing so that the water under ground is heated as well, etc.

        These comments were in response to @Gangreless, who stated that a modern AC “can only cool about 20f below the outside temperature”. I didn’t catch that it was fahrenheit first, and now that I know I am happily backing off rather than having to think in terms of freedom units.