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Dilbert Dooley @ DilbertDooley @lemmy.world
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Why do Americans pretend they're not broke when most Americans are in debt?

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  • What's important is how much you can buy, not how much money you have.

    • I could use some serious advice as to whether or not to do this

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  • Wait for the third one.

    • How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter

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  • That's just complete bullshit. The sun's activity doesn't have anything to do with what the position of the earth is at any given time.

    • How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter

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  • It's just not true.

    North America & Europe (temperate/cold climates) Heating dominates. In the U.S., for example, space heating accounts for roughly 2–3× more total energy than cooling on an annual basis, especially in northern and central states. In Europe, cooling demand is tiny in comparison — many countries use almost no air conditioning outside southern regions.

    Why heating dominates overall:

    • Large parts of North America and Europe have long winters.
    • Heating often uses high-energy fuels (natural gas, oil, electricity), so the energy content is higher even if cooling is more frequent in some places.
    • Cooling is mostly electric and can be efficient with modern A/C systems, so it consumes less energy per degree of temperature change compared to heating.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-00878-3

    • Can't argue with that

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  • Prove that any cat voted for any other opponent. I'll wait. Stupid cats.

    • How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter

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  • In most of the populated areas of the world we use a lot more energy to heat our buildings than we use to cool them. More people die of cold exposure than of heat. Warming up is good for us.

    • Refreshing to occasionally see an honestly written obituary

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  • What happened to Dennis? His wife left him so he took their kids to her parents and never came back?