[wappieslurkz]

Wait... aren't AC's one of the prevalent causes of global warming, so in effect partly causing more heat related deaths? And what about stress caused by noise pollution from AC's? I think we need less units - not more.

[general1726]

They are usually running during summer when sun is shining, so technically energy can be easily covered by renewables.

[wappieslurkz]

Technically, but in practice.... On top of that the production of AC's is also a factor, and there is the spilling of the refrigerant liquids that only recently became much less damaging.

[Henchman21]

I’ve wondered about this many times. How much would the world cool if we turned the HVAC off for a week, a month, permanently? I mean, we watched as the natural world breathed a sigh of relief on 9/11 as all planes were grounded. We watched nature reassert itself in places humans vacated during COVID. So why not HVAC?