Europe is testing air conditioners that don't use any refrigerants at all

[ActualViking]

41% of Housing in Spain Has Air Conditioning:

https://www.idealista.com/en/news/p...e-housing-stock-in-spain-has-air-conditioning

Meanwhile, regions of the southern US like Florida literally have a 99.5% air conditioning rate.


Over the last 50 years, the mean temperature of the planet has risen by a whopping 0.6F (0.3 celcius), with the majority of that in polar regions. The sky isn't falling, Chicken Little.

Lol, what? China is currently in the process of building 100+ new coal-fired power plants, and their GHG emissions are increasing much faster than any other nation on earth, whether measured on a total or a per-capita basis.

The climate in Spain isn't like Florida, if it was they'd all have AC in Spain. Inform your self. The same goes for you 0.6F, you're off by about 100%.

As for the rise in temperature, the number for Europe over the last fifty years is 2 degrees and currently it is rising by abut 0.5 degrees per decade. Those numbers are averages, it is not like 2 degrees hotter every day - if it was like that the change would be a lot more manageable.

As for China, they are still investing heavily in renewable energy, EV's and more. However they are also in the process of catching up. The US is at 35-40% more CO2 per capita than China and almost double that of for example Germany.

BTW: Your name calling doesn't make you look clever, it just shows what kind of person you are.

 

[Endymio]

The climate in Spain isn't like Florida, if it was they'd all have AC in Spain. Inform your self.

Learn geography. The climate of Southern Spain and Northern Florida are extremely similar. And of course you're missing the point entirely: even in a northern state like New York, 90%+ of homes have air conditioning. Spaniards don't have AC because they can't afford to operate it, thanks to Europe's outrageously high electricity prices.

As for the rise in temperature, the number for Europe over the last fifty years is 2 degrees ... and currently it is rising by abut 0.5 degrees per decade.

Global mean temperature has risen by 0.2C per decade since 1975. Europe is rising slightly faster simply because of reversion-to-mean over its phaseout of coal, which acted to cool the continent from 1850 to 1950.

And of course, again you miss the point: this warming trend has been primarily beneficial to mankind, not deleterious.

As for China, they are still investing heavily in renewable energy, EV's and more.

"Investing heavily" doesn't change the fact that their CO2 and GHG emissions are skyrocketing, as they build dozens of new coal plants.

BTW: Your name calling doesn't make you look clever, it just shows what kind of person you are.

I've not "called you a name", and any and all criticism has been specifically directed at your statements, not yourself personally.

 

[Rudyduu]

I struggle to understand why European adoption of air conditioning has lagged other regions of the world, when air conditioning is also one of the most energy-efficient forms of heating as
well as cooling.

Mostly because summers aren't usually this hot for this long and replacing heating units with newer AC units that can also heat costs a lot of money.

Learn geography. The climate of Southern Spain and Northern Florida are extremely similar.

And of course, again you miss the point: this warming trend has been primarily beneficial to mankind, not deleterious.

They are not similar other than being hot. Spain has a much dryer climate than Florida has. Spanish weather has much more in common with California weather than the weather in Florida.

What is the actual benefit of global warming to mankind?

 

[Rudyduu]

The sky isn't falling, Chicken Little.

Lol, what?

Learn geography.

I've not "called you a name", and any and all criticism has been specifically directed at your statements, not yourself personally.

Perhaps if your posts were so aggressive and toxic people would let some stuff go. Your whole tone is condescending and as if this conversation has to have a winner and a loser.

 

[Endymio]

Perhaps if your posts were so aggressive and toxic people would let some stuff go. Your whole tone is condescending and as if this conversation has to have a winner and a loser.

Muddled thinking. If two people dispute a factual statement, one side is always right and the other always wrong. The nice thing about facts is that they don't change, no more who expresses them or how they do so.

 

[Endymio]

They are not similar other than being hot. Spain has a much dryer climate than Florida has.

Oops! I The Mediterranean coastal regions of Spain actually have higher humidity than the northern Florida to which I compared, whereas in the north Basque and Galacia are only slightly less. It's the central desert regions on Spain that are extremely dry.

What is the actual benefit of global warming to mankind?

Was this a joke? Every year far more people die of cold than heat, and the average temperature of the planet is 58F, whereas mankind - and most of the plants and animals we depend upon -- prefer something closer to 72F. Global warming means longer growing seasons and a more temperate climate. I'll also note that the post-industrial increase in atmospheric CO2 levels alone has already increase global crop yields by some 7-25%, depending on crop -- enough extra food to feed a billion people.

 

[disinfect8280]

No, the primary reason is efficiency.

And efficiency = COST to operate