Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If you don’t have AC and it’s sometimes 80 degrees that’s fine. But if it’s sometimes 100 so you buy an air conditioner, then you’re going to use it even on the days when it’s only 80 — it’s like how once you buy a car lots of trips become car trips even if you don’t “need it.” — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2022 Hibernated

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I don’t understand enough about the relative energy intensity of heating vs cooling to know how much this is balanced out by warmer winters but the point is it’s not just people using AC more (like in the US) it’s going from no AC to having it. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2022 Hibernated

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Of course if a heat pump lets you cool in the summer and use electricity instead of gas for winter heat, that’s progress in many ways — but you need a *lot* more electricity. Case for nuclear over here is even stronger than in the US because the land use issues are more severe. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 16, 2022 Hibernated