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minus-squareradiofreebc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·18 hours agoI’m from Edmonton, Canada…where the opposite is true in the winter. It can be -34C for weeks on end, and any exposed skin can freeze in under a minute. I’ve felt -46c and it’s not livable either, haha.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoIt’s a lot easier to make yourself warmer, especially with modern technologies, than it is to make yourself cooler. Parts of the Earth are nearing (or passing at times) the temperature at which air conditioning stops working.
I’m from Edmonton, Canada…where the opposite is true in the winter. It can be -34C for weeks on end, and any exposed skin can freeze in under a minute. I’ve felt -46c and it’s not livable either, haha.
It’s a lot easier to make yourself warmer, especially with modern technologies, than it is to make yourself cooler.
Parts of the Earth are nearing (or passing at times) the temperature at which air conditioning stops working.