The planet is dying. The planet is experiencing collapse.

All disadvantaged groups do. Climate change is a passive genocide committed by the wealthy against undesirables.

Buying used is not only more ethical, but frequently you obtain higher durability items both due to the era they are from, a known track record, and survivor bias (the best built last). I hate shopping, but second hand takes the sting out.

Shout out to McKay’s in Nashville. I visited on a recent trip and was not disappointed.

It is this, but instead of everyone needing to pay for stuff storage, we took the value of the stuff and trade to a portable, simple intermediary called money. There’s a reason why money was developed practically everywhere with more than the most rudimentary economy.

He is doing his part to make oil expensive and risky, propelling electric car sales everywhere on the planet but the US.

If only China didn’t burn more coal to produce and power those electric automobiles than the rest of the planet combined.

This is not correct. The human population continues to grow and is anticipated to continue for 30-50 years.

The UN estimates 10.3-10.4B in the 2080s. The US Census 10.6B in 2092. The lower end is Wittgenstein/IIASA SSP1 at 8.8B in 2055.

Ironic from the Sierra Club whose decades of disinformation about nuclear power, acceptance of coal to stop it and hydro, and secret donations from natural gas producer Chesapeake from 2007 to 2010 accelerated the climate crisis.

I’ve driven exclusively electric cars at home for the last three years. While they certainly make me happier on a day-to-day basis, longer trips are much more stressful.

I look forward to the day of common 1000 volt architectures and megawatt charging.

Unprecedented? It’s going to be the lowest figure for the next 50 years unless France gets serious about air conditioning and climate change.

There is plenty of coal all over the the US. There isn’t demand for it as its power is too expensive.

Per the latest Lazard LCOE, solar + storage, wind (onshore) + storage, and gas combined cycle are all cheaper than coal.

The exact figures:

735.5 MW AC 2,942 MWh

Verified from Minnesota PUC and EQB.

Almost all heat pumps also use fans. It’s simply more efficient.

The difference in your diagrams is not related to heat pump/AC, but forced air v. water.

I hesitate to contradict you but they really are. Many use more efficient parts, but the mechanism is the same.

There is no alternative in hot, humid regions (cryopaint is not proven). In dry ones swamp cooling and fans help.

However, I’m not sure many people are saying air conditioning is a solution to climate change.

Many are saying it’s an adaptation necessary to survive in warming humid regions. The human body cannot thermoregulate in wet bulb temperatures above 35c. Fans don’t help as the body cannot evaporate sweat into saturated air that is as warm or warmer. Air conditioning not only cools, but removes humidity.

If you get a severe case of influenza, it comes with a fever. The fever is a symptom, not the underlying cause of the illness, but it can kill faster. As a result, you need to treat it as well as the flu, often with acetaminophen. Air conditioning does not treat the underlying cause, but it can mitigate the symptom that kills fastest.

Sure it does. It can send help.

I cannot stress enough that Canada is a sovereign country and not under the jurisdiction of the EPA.

It’s incredible Republicans seem to develop morals once they lose their primaries or are out of office.

Yes, but it’s moot from a privacy standpoint for most if you bring your cell phone in the car.

I think he might have been into tbat.