Heat from traffic is contributing to rise in city temperatures, new study finds (www.manchester.ac.uk)
from Valnao@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 10:53
https://sh.itjust.works/post/58724606

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Nacktmull@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 11:33 next collapse

What a surprise! Who would have thought hat having thousands of gasoline powered radiators driving around 24/7 would generate heat in a city.

Obligatory !fuckcars@lemmy.world

shininghero@pawb.social on 18 Apr 12:26 next collapse

Between this and the large swathes of asphalt for driving and parking, of course every city is boiling hot.

Stop routing highways through cities and start making bike lanes, dammit!

frongt@lemmy.zip on 18 Apr 12:47 collapse

And add tree cover!

Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 14:56 next collapse

Fork found in kitchen type findings.

Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.app on 18 Apr 14:58 next collapse

Look I get the point people are making about cars but the basics of this is just stupid. Things that generate heat contribute to the overall temperature?!

Telodzrum@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 15:09 next collapse

Yeah, cities have been heat islands for millennia. This is just another thing on the pile. Plant trees, put solar on roofs, use waste heat for building heat (in cities is basically the only place this makes sense).

empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 18 Apr 15:42 collapse

Next they’re gonna tell me the widespread use of air conditioning heat pumps also generates heat island effects!!!

obinice@lemmy.world on 18 Apr 18:38 collapse

haha, I was just thinking about how this is very noticeable here in Manchester, then saw the URL!