New tech can make air-conditioning less harmful to the planet

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AC is not harmful to the planet, carbon-based sources of energy are.<p>The ideological framing of the degrowth movement is all around us.

Is it really a problem? A&#x2F;C is the dumb easiest thing to solve with renewable energy. We need most A&#x2F;C when it&#x27;s day and the sun is shining - much less need when it&#x27;s dark or cloudy - so consumption almost matches supply of solar power. With some shift at the evening... yeah between some 6pm and 9pm there&#x27;s still a lot of A&#x2F;C demand but little to no solar... but this is the lowest hanging fruit for the most minimal amounts of deployed battery storage.

Passive cooling is coming along too - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=5zW9_ztTiw8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=5zW9_ztTiw8</a>

I’ve always wondered why heat pumps don’t also have a water line attached. We water cool servers because water is a much better conductor than air, and cold tap is usually colder than outside air. We should be misting tap onto the condenser to make it significantly more efficient and effective at cooling unless I’m missing something.

The article didn’t mention them but I’ve been following Montana Technologies and their AirJoule product which also uses MOFs- pretty interesting stuff.

I don&#x27;t like CO2 emissions being framed as harming the planet. They harm the human economy in the long run.

I would rephrase this article as &quot;Dehumidification Is All You Need&quot;.<p>We should also Paint Everything White, Glaze and Cover the Windows, Roman House, and Plant Shade Trees.<p>If it&#x27;s too hot, people should really also move to higher latitudes and elevations. No, seriously.