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balfirevic on Aug 12, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Ancient Persian way to keep cool

> AC units with massive fans doing all the heavy lifting are incredibly inefficient.

By what criteria? How much energy does it take to move the air around compared to actually cooling it?

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