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by darkclouds 1011 days ago
This maybe true, but I'd argue the air con still takes about 5mpg off the range of the fuel, but their existence and heat isnt magically disappearing, it spreads out helping to raise temperatures.

This link [1] suggests traffic jams can increase temperatures by 7 degrees Celcius.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9678727/