Interesting Links for 30-03-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Maersk is transitioning its fleet to methanol

(tags:globalwarming pollution shipping GoodNews )

2. Zimbabweans abandon plans to plug UK care gaps after changes to visa rules

(tags:UK Zimbabwe care immigration OhForFucksSake )

3. MSPs split over plans for rape trials without juries

(tags:Scotland rape law )

4. The Next Heat Pump Frontier? NYC Apartment Windows

(tags:heating technology newyork )

5. 16 million miles of England's bus routes axed since 2010

(tags:UK conservatives austerity buses transport OhForFucksSake )

6. Dundee seen through the lens of a 20,000 photo collage

(tags:Scotland photos )

Comments

[bens_dad]

ground-source heat pumps ... would use the summer heat in winter.
and might make the outside a little cooler in summer too.

[adrian_turtle]

My grandpa used to say, "Shut the door! We can't air-condition the whole neighborhood?"

[bens_dad]

Ah. But when used as air conditioning waste heat from a ground-source heat-pump heats ... the ground, whilst a/c "exhaust" heats the air outside.