The cult of pain has another component: not searching for solutions which might work better.
Speaking of air cooling, if conditioning raises outdoors temperature too much, it does not mean that other solutions do too! Perhaps one could almost-freeze water in unpopulated area at the same elevation[1] as the city, and then bring it in, as an emergency cooling mechanism; I believe human lives saved would be worth it.
The cult of pain has another component: not searching for solutions which might work better.
Speaking of air cooling, if conditioning raises outdoors temperature too much, it does not mean that other solutions do too! Perhaps one could almost-freeze water in unpopulated area at the same elevation[1] as the city, and then bring it in, as an emergency cooling mechanism; I believe human lives saved would be worth it.
to reduce transportation energy losses