Current Events > Lol news being like ''conserve energy, turn off A/C when you're not using it...'

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In 50 C heat. Oh, and when we do turn it on, it's recommended to have it at 25 C. 25 C is what I put for winter. 25 C against 50 C heat is gonna leave the room boiling hot. I don't turn on the lights because they're unneeded, but A/C is an absolute necessity at all times.

Yep. We're all going to die.

lol we should just tell everyone to keep wasting even more instead

Take a cold shower!
Waste water instead!

saspa posted...

In 50 C heat. Oh, and when we do turn it on, it's recommended to have it at 25 C. 25 C is what I put for winter. 25 C against 50 C heat is gonna leave the room boiling hot. I don't turn on the lights because they're unneeded, but A/C is an absolute necessity at all times.

But it was 22C today...

...in Porto.

saspa posted...

In 50 C heat. Oh, and when we do turn it on, it's recommended to have it at 25 C. 25 C is what I put for winter. 25 C against 50 C heat is gonna leave the room boiling hot. I don't turn on the lights because they're unneeded, but A/C is an absolute necessity at all times.

I don't understand this post...

Where do you live that it's currently 50C? That's hot as hell! And how would setting the AC all the way down to 25C make the room boiling hot?

They recommend turning off A/C when you're not at home, but if I'm coming home from boiling heat to an enclosed space I'm not gonna wait hours while the A/C takes time to cool the room again. People have died in enclosed spaces. There was a story in India about people dying in an apartment that didn't have A/C at the height of summer heatwave.

lolol wtf, 50C??? how?!?

50C sounds absolutely horrible, wow. I know summers are getting hotter but damn.

Fahrenheit pls

NoxObscuras posted...

I don't understand this post...

Where do you live that it's currently 50C? That's hot as hell! And how would setting the AC all the way down to 25C make the room boiling hot?

Sorry meant that even 25C is not cool enough to combat 50C, especially after the recommendation to "turn off A/C when you leave the house" and only turn it on when you come back. It has to be at least 20C, although heck I'd take 22C. I set mine at 22.5

Vegy posted...

Fahrenheit pls

50 Celsius is around 120F.

saspa posted...

Sorry meant that even 25C is not cool enough to combat 50C, especially after the recommendation to "turn off A/C when you leave the house" and only turn it on when you come back. It has to be at least 20C, although heck I'd take 22C. I set mine at 22.5

Ah okay, I got it now. Well depending on the AC system, it may already be cycling on and off anyway. Like at my mom's house, if you set it to 25C, it will just full blast air until the room reaches 25C. Then it turns off until it detects the room go above 25C again.

Turbam posted...

Take a cold shower!
Waste water instead!

Heh that always make me laugh. You know those TV show tropes where people "run out of" hot water which I assume are set in like, Canada or the Midwest? Well that concept of running out of hot water is completely foreign to me.

Running out of cold water instead, having cold water is a luxury. The water comes out blisteringly hot from the heat. Lucky if water temp goes down to 30 C

BakonBitz posted...

50 Celsius is around 120F.

Holy shit, not even florida gets dat hot i think lol

Since you refused to say your current location tc, I'm gonna ask this instead. What's your outside temp during the day? Your place not India or any other place.

Your place, outside, noon; what's the temp? Is it truly 50C?

thisworld posted...

Since you refused to say your current location tc, I'm gonna ask this instead. What's your outside temp during the day? Your place not India or any other place.

Your place, outside, noon; what's the temp? Is it truly 50C?

95 where I'm at right now. Highest I'll set my ac to in Temps like this is 75.

thisworld posted...

Since you refused to say your current location tc, I'm gonna ask this instead. What's your outside temp during the day? Your place not India or any other place.

Your place, outside, noon; what's the temp? Is it truly 50C?

Trying to gatekeep something that's gonna kill us all is a pretty stupid idea.

Lack of AC also increases humidity where I live. That much humidity ends up ruining spices.

I was visiting family in AZ recently. They were told me that the electric company out there was urging residents to do what they can to conserve energy but will also charge a fee if you dont spend a minimum on your energy bill.

Build more nuclear power plants please.

Once the AC starts running in my complex (I guess it's central ac) it stays at 66 F till the AC is shut off for the fall/winter.
There's no way I'm coming home to a hot ass apartment or subjecting my cat to the heat.
I posted this in another thread and I'll post it here. My car is parked three levels underground and this is the temp at 3:30pm

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2b0bf878.jpg

saspa posted...

They recommend turning off A/C when you're not at home, but if I'm coming home from boiling heat to an enclosed space I'm not gonna wait hours while the A/C takes time to cool the room again. People have died in enclosed spaces. There was a story in India about people dying in an apartment that didn't have A/C at the height of summer heatwave.

When I had my central Ac installed they specifically said not to turn it off when not home. To not even change the temps up or down too much. It runs more efficiently when its on all the time.

Imagine watching the news...
...and even thinking of listening to what they say on the news.

Vegy posted...

Holy shit, not even florida gets dat hot i think lol

Its the humidity that gets you in Florida.

Greta Thunberg tried to warn us.

How about just ban cryptocurrency instead.

Why would you run ac in 50? That is kinda chilly.

So what you're saying is that you are not willing to live through even a minor inconvenience for the greater good?
When the power goes out because everyone refused to set their thermostat slightly higher than they would prefer, please don't complain about it.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Why would you run ac in 50? That is kinda chilly.

50 C. That's about 122 F.

DrizztLink posted...

Trying to gatekeep something that's gonna kill us all is a pretty stupid idea.

Hmm I'm not sure I get what you mean here Here's my train of thought:
1.) Tc mentioned 50C & news telling people to conserve energy there.
2.) But 50C is dangerous and there's just no way the news will tell people to conserve energy in such threathening condition. Same way there's no way the news will tell people to conserve energy during freezing & threathening winter.
3.) So where exactly is tc? The place with both blazing 50C and local suggestion to regulate AC?

Unfortunately tc tiptoed around that issue and pick a story from India instead. I know such extreme condition does happen in New Delhi for example but tc's clearly not in India right now. So once again:
Where exactly is tc? The place with both blazing 50C and local suggestion to regulate AC?

thisworld posted...

2.) But 50C is dangerous and there's just no way the news will tell people to conserve energy in such threathening condition.

What are you talking about? Asking people to set the thermostat higher than normal or turn it off if you're not going to be home is pretty standard for electric utilities. It's better to have people slightly uncomfortable than it is to overload the system and start causing blackouts.

Bitcoin farms need that power more than you

Let's say it's 48c out. If you turn your AC off it's going to take an entire day to cool it back down again. That news is from an idiot that has never lived in an extremely hot climate.

thisworld posted...

Hmm I'm not sure I get what you mean here

"Shut the fuck up" would be the central theme.

Doesnt it use more energy to cool the house back down than to keep it cool?

LightHawKnight posted...

Doesnt it use more energy to cool the house back down than to keep it cool?

Yes and it costs you more money as well since it will run harder and longer to get it cool again.

i raise the temp 2 degrees when not at home but turning the AC off is a bad choice.