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Ancient Iran had air conditioning (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Most countries in the world quite literally have water flowing everywhere already.

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[–] dingus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

But don't "swamp cooling" systems like the one in the OP not work well in humid environments? Sure, I have running water at home, but I also live in an incredibly humid climate.

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[–] egonallanon@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

I was more imagine something like the opposite of a district heating system and then using colling ponds or towers to disappate the heat from the system..

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