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Who's in the UK and has caved in and bought air conditioning?

stanto
stanto 2 months ago

I picked up something like this about three years ago. No regrets.

Though I can't help but feel like I'm also adding to the climate problem.

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave 1 month ago in reply to stanto
    stanto said:
    Huh, what a surprising workaround!

    Even if you have a BBC account / TV licence, that download button only appears after a few weeks.

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  • stanto
    stanto 1 month ago in reply to beacon_dave
    beacon_dave said:

    Click the blue download button to get the podcast .mp3 file. 

    Huh, what a surprising workaround!

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    beacon_dave 1 month ago in reply to stanto
    stanto said:
    Ah, I don't have a BBC account so I can't listen to that unfortunately.

    Click the blue download button to get the podcast .mp3 file. 

    image

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  • stanto
    stanto 1 month ago in reply to beacon_dave
    beacon_dave said:
    • Sliced Bread - Series 17: Air Conditioning

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zjd5

    Ah, I don't have a BBC account so I can't listen to that unfortunately.

    beacon_dave said:
    • How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5dw4plzvlo

    That's ... depressing.

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    beacon_dave 1 month ago

    A couple of links that may be of interest ?

    • Sliced Bread - Series 17: Air Conditioning

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002zjd5

    (Guest: Professor Richard Fitton, Technical Director of the Energy House 2.0 test facility at the University of Salford)

    • How the UK's extreme heat is shifting the conversation about air-con

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5dw4plzvlo

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  • stanto
    stanto 1 month ago in reply to kmikemoo

    On the inside, or outside of the window? and is it double glazed?

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    kmikemoo 1 month ago in reply to stanto

    At work, my window cracked due to the heat (dark colored shade).  When it was replaced, we added reflective film and it has been fine since.

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    stanto 1 month ago in reply to Workshopshed
    Workshopshed said:
    with the amount we've spent on reflective film

    Have you covered your windows? I'm afraid of doing so in case they crack.

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    stanto 1 month ago in reply to HKPhysicist

    I think your input's veering off the track of the topic and into political discourse.

    I'll deal with what I have immediate control over within my orbit.

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  • HKPhysicist
    HKPhysicist 1 month ago

    One of the most imminent crisis and technology breakthrough, European or people in other continents facing, is to increase the efficiency of our present air cooler cooling cycle to a much higher level.  It is similar to improving our heat engine efficiency to approach that of Carnot Cycle.

    So AI cannot help any more, can they?  Laughing

    Most people, including Mr Musk, read too much sci fiction and get toxic.  They say AI is omnipotent, can cure any diseases once their companies are "public listed"!  Laughing

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