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‘It’s unbearable’: in ever-hotter US cities, air conditioning is no longer enough
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2024
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Dumb question but I'm not trying to be funny, what if we build homes underground?
It’s a good plan.
Me: I want to live in a Hobbit-hole!
Mom: we have a Hobbit-hole at home.
Home:
Your link does make me want to dig out my basement some more though, NGL.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/18/style/tiktok-tunnel-girl.html paywall free
Test for radon first:
I was aware of radon being a thing, especially since I live in an area with a lot of granite in the soil, but since I currently have a vented crawlspace, I wasn't worried too much. Thank you for reminding me that I need to think about it again if/when I close off the vents and encapsulate!
Honestly for more of these industrial server and cloud computing centers they should be buried to take advantage of cooler temperatures and save money on ac.
Insulation keeps the heat from outside from coming inside, but it's not much help when you're generating the heat inside yourself
Microsoft experimented with putting a datacenter underwater and saw some encouraging results.
https://news.microsoft.com/source/features/sustainability/project-natick-underwater-datacenter/
Very very expensive. Excavation is ridiculous, especially in places with poor soil composition or water tables.
Possible, but expensive. Depending on the area there are soil and geological stability issues, flooding/seepage, or other issues like radon.