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by humanrebar 3308 days ago
> It's really interesting to think about the advantages/disadvantages of geography in regards to power generation/consumption.

I've seen air conditioning that amounted to basically a shaft into a natural underground cave and a fan.

I've also heard of people watering the roofs of their houses in the summer to get low-tech just-in-time evaporative cooling for their attics.

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The cave thing is neat - sounds like an easy form of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_heating