A study found that waste heat generated by a city’s worth of air conditioners during a heatwave can raise the outside temperature by more than 2 degrees Celsius.
To answer the main physics question Yes obviously. It takes energy to move heat from one area to the other. Energy expended for work becomes heat. So the net heat of the system has to go up. The thermodynamic axiom
Is it significant? Yes, especially in developing areas where large populations are getting access to the energy and economy to support air conditioning.
To answer the main physics question Yes obviously. It takes energy to move heat from one area to the other. Energy expended for work becomes heat. So the net heat of the system has to go up. The thermodynamic axiom
Is it significant? Yes, especially in developing areas where large populations are getting access to the energy and economy to support air conditioning.
Do we need to find better solutions? Absolutely