How Hong Kong Became a Giant Refrigerator
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- Опубликовано: 5 мар 2021
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How Hong Kong Became a Giant Refrigerator
Here’s a statement-'Over the last 50 years, Hong Kong has become a giant refrigerator'. Despite its hot, humid, subtropical climate, the city remains an icicle all year round. But what do I mean by this?
Well, Hong Kong has a bizarre problem. It has developed an obsession with air-conditioners so extreme it no longer makes any sense-winter coats are needed during the sweltering summer, and ACs are blasted in the midst of winter.
Now, there are many countries around the world that use and abuse their air conditioners-Singapore, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the US, to name a few-but Hong Kong (the city I grew up in), takes all this to a whole new level. So this raises questions-why are there so many ACs? Why is the temperature set so low? And-strangest of all-why can‘t they just turn it off?
With Hong Kong, the answer is never simple...
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🇭🇰 How obsessed are you with your AC?
Yes
Hi
NOOO I was 2nddd
Nice
He’s back!
He knew what he was doing when he decided on using that thumbnail...
hes acting sus..
Yup He knew what he was doing
Frfr
Agreed
thanks, i hate it
you’re playing a dangerous game with that thumbnail.
agreed
Indeed
Yep
Can you explain I think I know her face in the thumbnail but I’m not too sure tell me what it is so I can confirm what I think so I can sleep
@@kitchengun751 it’s an ahegao face probably
The last point about going back to constructing buildings better at cooling is so underrated.
When I was living on-campus in NUS in Singapore, my room was in a 26-storey industrial-themed skyscraper. The entire design was meant to be used with AC, yet for cost reasons they had rooms on lower floors without AC installed.
It was an absolute nightmare as the whole apartment design was designed for no natural convection/ventilation, with the architects assuming that it would only be sensible to AC the whole massive skyscraper but the administration then preventing AC from being there.
From previous experience, living without AC can be acceptable even in the tropics; in contrast, designing living spaces that make living without AC unviable is the true big culprit.
I grew up in Thailand and this is very true here. Even in schools you would find classrooms that were so cool you would see students wearing several layers of jackets inside 😂😅
Your illustrator was so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.
the thumbnail isn't even that bad wtf is everyone on about
@@jooot_6850 hehe….
@@jooot_6850 It's the certain face that characters make after or during a certain activity in certain manga and anime for certain purposes.
@@jooot_6850 Leave this one innocent, some hope still exists
@@Drakonus_ I’ve seen worse. Far worse.
* clicks on video *
"This video is made in partnership with Bill Gates"
Me: **What?**
same man but is it true??
@@ahmadsayed8041 nah
@@DishantPorwal but the way he said it i was like yo wtf bill gates
bill gates was given 30 billion dollars by wrren buffet to change the world
@@Borax_Sensei ahhhhhh yamete kuda saii ahhhhh
I love AC. It really boosts productivity. I can't think straight in summer without it.
It just basically makes you want to spend summer indoors. I can understand ACs in offices but in private setting its not a necessity. People have been living for thousands of years without it and many still do nowadays.
@Mixz1890 babe do you realize how hot it gets in the summer time in many parts of the world? Going without ac is not an option you literally feel like dying its the worst
@Mixz1890 You’ve never had to live in a subtropical country have you…people literally die from heatstroke without it because the climate has changed so much in recent times
@@mu3191The same people who criticise people for abusing the AC are also the same people who either crank their heaters to max aka 2000W+ during winter or have their fire place shoved full of wood pumping out a trail of black smoke from the chimney.
They’d say that people who can’t tolerate heat are whimpy yet are the first to wear a puffy coat when it gets below 18 degrees C.
It’s all the same, it’s just that some people are more tolerate to heat and some to could. I could personally sit in a air conditioned room with AC cranked to the lowest 16 degrees while in shorts, walk into cool room (4 degrees C) and adapt to it, but sweat buckets at 22+ degrees.
As someone from Sweden, calling 15°C "extremely cold" is laughable. If I walked into a mall and the room temperature was 15°C I would be very comfortable.
It's fascinating how different things are south of the equator.
To be fair 15c inside is very different to outside temp. 15c inside even in Sweden would ok the cold side of what room temp should be & you’d probably notice it at some point
South of the equator?
“What are you doing step-AC?”
And that’s how the thumbnail was made
Thats not the questions we should be asking. I need the mf sauce 😩😩😫
@@brhu356 Sauce is on 15:29
Sweet Home Alabama
@@brhu356 ahh of course the sauce... how can people not ask for it
How isn't this the top comment xD
the girl in the thumbnail is REALLY enjoying that air conditioning.
Lmao REALLY
Kento bento could be a rule 34 artist
@@dailehughes3330 (calmly) Don't
@@dailehughes3330 (calmly) Don't
@@dailehughes3330 (calmly) Don't
you don't need to turn off the ac. issue here in SEA is the humidity. set the ac to higher temps or use the dehumidifier mode works great for comfort while reducing power consumption.
i do that in the argentinian summer. set the ac to a few degrees below the ambient temp. thats enough to be confortable considering the dryer air and 2/5°c lower is cool enough. btw, i only use it to sleep comfy.
@@g-low6365 right!
The dehumidifier uses almost as much power as an aircon, with only a fraction of the main thing people want.
Yes when its 28c and 85% humidity, having it become 50% humidity is nice, but most people would rather pay the extra 20% in power to get the temp down to 22c
I don't know how I never discovered this channel. I often watch video essays on RUclips, but this is the first I've seen about Hong Kong, by a HKer just like me, so it's got me kind of excited, haha. Great video, hope our city does something about the ACs sooner or later!
Hong Kong: We use only AC's
Rest of the world: We use onlyfans
This comment right here wins the internet
underrated
Fucking madlad XD
@@thunderbolt_blitz I agree
I'ma agree, There are houses that have AC but fans are commonly used (speaking from experience) XD
Title: How Hong Kong Became a Giant Refrigerator
Thumbnail: tells a different story
That name of yours, did you sell it to him?
The thumbnail tells the story of Fridge-Senpai
can you sell me some?
I would like 20
Everyone loves a little fridge hentai now and then
as a person who lives in HK i can say that it stops me from sleeping in the summer as the damage on my conscience is too much
Aklamcala
@@papastinky4640Aclamcala
Here I thought that worrying over minutiae of your carbon footprint to the point of neuroticism was a strictly American phenomenon.
I live in Calgary, Canada, and we don't use an air conditioner in my home. It can get hot too in the summer, even if it's not as hot as Hong Kong. However, many other houses use air conditioners.
In winter, I think almost every home uses the heater, or at least some kind of warming tool, or many would die from the cold.
the video : shows how hong kong's ac problem is becoming dangerous for the environment
the comments: *T H U M B N A I L*
Yeah,lol
How do i get a closer look at that thumbnail? We used to right click and select an option to enlarge the thumbnail.
it's not though
Priorities
Not gonna lie, it made me click
Kento Bento: "Charlie, why was the thumbnail lady so hot?"
Charlie: "Why not?"
"thats why she needs the fridge"
@@tsuol7296 lol
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
double meaning
@@tsuol7296 oooooohhhh
A good AC can make a lot of difference in summer. But you need to mind the thermal shock making it more likely for you to get sick. Plus, if you substitute extreme heat for extreme cold, you are solving a problem by creating another problem and wasting resources while doing so, which is arguably worse.
At least they make me stay away from their shops. There is no way I would go and stay in their buildings below 20°C.
I was watching this without headphones and my mom heard u speak the Cantonese for air conditioning and she said “see even the youtube person has better Cantonese then you :(“
That's rough buddy
Lmao feels bad man
Same :l
Lol
sad for you lol
At this rate would it surprise anyone if igloos started popping up?
Yooooo im the second comment! Hahahaha verified boi
lol
Hi (●’◡’●)ﾉ saw you at James Jani's comment section an hour ago
i dont think so :P
@@SilencedP2P who cares
4:19 it's simply too freaking hot and wet without AC in HK. After moving to the US, AC isn't as necessary even in the summer when the temperature is near 40 Celsius.
4:47 - Those recommended temperatures are pure insanity. Winter temperatures should never _exceed_ 20°C (heating beyond that is just wasteful), and that _entire_ summer range is just misery (especially if it's humid).
Kenton Bento: This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates
Everyone: what the fu-
@Joshua James Billy Gayț
Me : unsubscribed
@@j.j.9511 lmao
uncomfortably true.
i'm less likely to trust the information now.
@@j.j.9511 almost!
I can believe the "AC = healthy" mindset they talk about. As a teen I worked at an amusement park with slow ride that took people into a simulated glacier. When the fake breeze hit, people would say, "Oh that wonderful fresh air!" It was just LA smog cooled down to 58F.
Yes fresh air in doors, where air never escapes to outside building
Makes sense to me
Some people are just NPCs
@@Austeja608 exactly when people enter in a ac room coming from outside
They say "ahhh, feel the heaven"😑
"Refreshing" etc. Etc.
Only to catch cold when they go back out in sun
Ozone smells the freshest yet a poison
. I've personally never heard that AC=healthy as a person living in Hong Kong, but rather air circulation=healthy. That means country parks with air circulation also means healthy, which people flooded to during the pandemic cuz they have no where to go to spend their free time. It feels better in a place with air circulation than a place with fully enclosed windows and dead air flow. It doesn't matter whether the circulation comes from the AC or not, opening windows and turning on fans also means air circulation, not just specific to air conditioner.
but the problem is everyone turns on AC, so if you open window hot air will come into your apartment (or as a result of horrible building designs and urban planning that make air circulation really bad in the city), and lets just say fans don't cool you in any way when they blow warm and humid air into your face.
@@theeducator8574 What? that's not how you catch cold, that's a myth.. yet your handle is "The Educator", if you're anything like the person you're replying to, both of you could use some actual education.
Hong Kong is so humid. It always feels like you just had a brief rainstorm in the summer and the sun came back full strength. I lived in Houston, Texas and it has nothing on HK when it comes to humidity so I can see why they love aircon.
That's not just Hong Kong. I visited Singapore in 2019, it was horrible, it was scorching hot and humit outside and about 16° inside of any building. The switching of heat and cold got me a nasty cold.
"Singapore abuses its ac privileges"
Me as a Singaporean: sweats nervously in my air conditioned room
Me:Only use fans
@@Minboelf Me: use onlyfans
@@LurpakSpreadableButter me: me:
@@LurpakSpreadableButter well played haha
i have ac in my room but my brother, father and mother turn it on everytime of the day. I just turn it on at night.
Hong Kong turn themself into a Giant Refrigerator, funniest shit I've ever seen
More funny than ZX 3 existing
@@Josuh damn
Too soon...
Lol
"I AM GIANT REFRIGERATOR HONG KOOONG!!"
that thumbnail
Kento:
I love the work and time you put I to this. I admit, I subscribe and liked.
Keep up the great work.
Thank you.
Because of you, I'll check more into this and also, going to check into more a better more efficient ac.
I’ noticed this issue when I was out in Hong Kong I had no idea it was a feedback loop, thank you for making this
@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ i dont think they are gonna get your attention lol.
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
@@penguinpenguinpenguin WTF
HK uses their ac because of an obsession, in Australia, if you live without an ac. You’re screwed
@⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ g
“I love refrigerators”
With emphasis on "love".
Reminds me of that guy
@@bp_cherryblossomtree723 that's where it's from nuthead
@@EmilM-pb2hn I know who I am referring to.
@@EmilM-pb2hn somebody pissed in your coffee bro
Wow it has been 2 years already. I vividly remember eating lunch while this was just uploaded like the notification says five minutes ago.
hotels are a big problem too. People leave the ac on even if they are out because its free
30% viewer : hmm...interesting topic
70% viewer : *T H U M B N A I L*
Tsk tsk tsk, ChaRliE....(θ‿θ)
More like 80 % of views no 85%
@Morton Sung no you 70% don't lie and it's more like 80% and 20%
True
@@pizzadude1002 I'm 20
Hot humid tropical country : you wouldn't understand
@Raghab Mukherjee you use fan then I guess?
of course I have a total of 5 fans in my house, not counting the broken ones
Water coolant + green electric energy would solve all the issues in this vid.
Besides, we won't ever be able to decrease energy consumption, with or without ACs & fridges. With the increase of moving to Industry 5.0 & above, the only possible move is green energy.
Kinda odd that this video's sponsor doesn't even mention any of the green energy programs he have under his belt, eh?
Nah fan is enough for me
Most of the time, your body adjusts. Fans are cool enough for you.
I live in Hong Kong and I have to wear a jacket *everywhere*. In the doctor’s office it’s 23 degrees C. In most malls I have to wear at least a sweater. But when the typhoons come, it feels so good because it becomes nice like an A/C. And even without A/C, summer here is actually bearable here inside the house.
I keep getting this video recommended to be for as long as it existed, today I decided to finally watch this
she looks like she's enjoying it.
oh god.
Dont come inside me AIR-KUNNNN
@@InfiniteF1 A Turtle doesn't approve of this cursed comment.
@@InfiniteF1 hentai joke why
Oh my goodness, but... well...
imagine a 7 year old turning the AC on to the coldest to save the environment only to watch this video and realise it actually makes it too cold
lmfao
lies cold make cold not hot 😡
@@yourfinestlocalidiot ah yes
@@yourfinestlocalidiot your name explained it all 😂
wait what
Most of the time it's the humidity making the air feels hotter instead of the actual temperature being too high. Dehumifider needs to be advertised more frequently instead of air conditioner
"Ligts, fridge, computers combined"
That one rtx 4090 double the city combined elecetricity: Okay.
Everyone’s talking about the thumbnail and not how interesting this topic is. Up to 60% of all energy in the city is going towards AC in the summer? Whoever makes a cheap powerful and small ac unit will be rich.
I can't reply to the guy above me because it will hide my comment.
@@user-oh6gz9er6h
mmm nice name
AC's being sold in Hong Kong are already as efficient as technology can allow.
The problem is when every single mall, office, MTR station has 10's of AC's per floor.
My apartment alone has 4 AC's, one for each bedroom.
@@WONDERHO111 😋
Its not that simple. Heat energy is huge and nonstop in the summer. The cheapest way to slow it down is having a well insulated house and a really efficient AC. But efficient ones are super expensive to install. It's pretty complicated but also a decent way to earn a living.
The guy that made this thumbnail needs a raise
Good old "Why Not?" Charles
that thumbnail raised my
@@decriper1097 raised your temperature.... your temperature.
@@decriper1097 attention…? That’s what you were gonna say right???
@@decriper1097 suspicions ??
when hong kong is in summer or spring , you can experience four seasons every day
Also in Asia I see many small AC units instead of a big one per floor. That would make it much more efficient
That artist commission probably had a real good return on investment.
They turned itself into a refrigerator, funniest shit I've ever seen
comically large refrigerator
At least it didn't turn itself into a pickel
Lol keep it at 420 likes everyone
A spoonful
the malls in hong kong are so cold that as soon as you leave, being outside in the heat feels so much better
i say this from experience
As an air conditioning service technician in Indonesia, I declare an absolute win.
As someone who’s lived in HK for a certain amount of time, I’ve never actually heard any Hong Kong residents saying that AC is healthy. In fact, most people I know speak the exact opposite, they say that AC is bad for health because it stops people from sweating, thereby preventing the body from naturally removing toxins. To my knowledge, they don’t really like the AC either, but since HK is so damn hot and humid during spring, summer and autumn (in autumn it’s just hot, not humid), turning on the AC seems to be the only way to stay sane. I might also add that the consensus, at least from what’s I’ve gathered amongst people I know, is that the energy efficient AC models are “not cold at all”. Perhaps they just came across some that are poorly made. I don’t know.
These videos are all the same! The internet never tells the reality! Hong-Kong is way too hot especially in summer so owning an AC is a must otherwise you'll die from overheating unless you stay in a pool all day long and that's also unhealthy for your gut!
@@johnclayton4946 okay then what did the people of hong kong dio before the invention of AC? lmao
@@beseburany9110 I hope you realize that it wasn’t as hot as it is now as it was in the past because of climate change + other factors…
@@lessons5370 Correct I live in a nation that used to be cold and in the summer it becomes like a tropical beach today!
Why can't we keep AC at 25-26C indoors? I have to own a sweater which I keep and wear only at the office because I can't regulate AC. What a waste of energy. I let my apartment heat up to 30C and only enable AC above that - in practice only a few hottest days of the year. Seriously, I feel perfectly comfortable in 27C and I can survive little bit more.
As a hongkonger, feels helpless, and i want to point out something else as well
1. high humidity, sweat can't evaporate easily
2. crowded skyscraper blocking wind, even residential area
3. Sub-divided flats everywhere, most householders will buy the cheapest AC but not the most efficient one, as renter pay the electricity bill
As a Gweilo living in Hong Kong, I would like to add a few points:
1. No need for AC in Winter. Winters are less humid in Hong Kong than in Paris, and temperatures hardly ever exceed 15 degrees centigrade. Every year in December I have an argument with my colleagues to switch off the AC for the remainder of the Winter so we don't have to wear jackets and coats... in the office.
2. Hong Kong, as a city, is horrendously badly designed, trapping the heat inside the city
3. Hong Kongers are cheap; they buy the cheapest, lowest quality crap, which consumes more electricity. They will never buy expensive energy-efficient AC units.
4. Cheap electricity. Nobody cares about keeping the AC on all day long, as electricity is dirt cheap.
5. And for fuck's sake, fix your AC units that constantly drip on the sidewalk, dammit! It's supposed to be forbidden by law, but law enforcement in this city is non-existent. Luckily Hong Kongers are placid.
@@johnjohnson6090 one time we had the a/c broke down in winter at the office, however most offices are designed that windows can't be opened. You will start smelling like sweat after an hour or so even in winter time. (And of course we didnt have fans... But i guess with fans it is workable, but most bosses wanted to keep things tidy in the office)
@@mabokman Yes, Yes, I am aware of this argument.
How come this is only an issue in Hong Kong? I never encountered such issue in Canada, America, the UK or in France? How come?
Besides, we've got windows that can be opened at my office, but still my colleagues switch on the AC instead of opening the window...
And, btw, take off your coats inside the office, and you won't sweat.
One more point
If all your neighbours turn on their ac and you open the window, all the heat air from those ac would come in your home since the apartments are so close together in HK, you feel even hotter you have no choice but to turn on your ac too.
@@johnjohnson6090 how are you supposed to stop them leaking? It's in the nature of the ac unit. Humidity gathers on the evaporator. If it's too humid out, it has nowhere to go except the ground. Your car has a special duct to get the water on the road, rather than the floor inside.
You missed data centres all over the world which need massive cooling for the heat generating servers and which have big appetite of electricity.
as a hongkonger myself, this is super true, in my school there is 5 air cons just for ONE ROOM
The girl in the thumbnail looks like she's having way too much “fun” with the ac
😳😳
So nobody gonna talk about how Bill Gates partnered up with a video that got that hentai thumbnail 🤔 think we're on to something
@@tarraintorres9374 that's another one to the list famous person who support hentai.
1: Right after Samuel l Jackson
2: bill gates
😂😂😂
@Black1ns harder. UWU
The world: Our earth is heating up at an unprecedented level.
Hong Kong: We don't do that here.
Bruh
Oh don't worry the CCP got you covered soon Hong Kong residents won't have the money to afford ACs in the first place
@@xxamightystormxx nah they got acs all over the place in mainland China
xD
*you have met a half French,half Cantonese person*
@@xxamightystormxx Well, the electricity are all generated in China so....
11:32 don't forget the fact that our AC is usually smaller, just cooling 1 room, while USA has centrail air for their homes
it sounds so weird listening to this from denmark where almost noone has AC, and also noone realy feel like they need it
As someone who has lived in Hong Kong for 5 years and then moving to Singapore, I can tell how much more Hong Kong people rely on AC compared to Singaporeans. In HK, there was AC in every single classroom in my primary school while over here in Singapore, only fans are installed in even the elite primary and secondary school classrooms.
'gigles' only fans
As a Singaporean, fans are all we need really, we only use ac when we get really really hot, like we talking running 3km at hot weather kind of hot
I'll probably easily get sick in hong kong because all of the AC. Well isn't too much AC not good for your health?
I'm from Singapore & my junior college (high school) did A/C every classroom, but my primary & secondary school only A/C-ed the computer labs, offices & music rooms, though around the time I graduated from my secondary school, they added window-mounted A/Cs to classrooms facing a construction site (which was building a new sports hall in our campus) so that we could keep the classrooms' windows closed to block out construction noise
where are you from and what school did you go in singapore? im singaporean and am pretty sure theres air con around school
Can't wait for the Follow-up vdo talks about the thumbnail art
Ye
Thats a very... *interesting* thumbnail
Look after a football game if you stick your head in a fan you would make that face bro.
Narrator: "This video is made in partnership with Bill Gates."
Me: Fuck that, I'm out.
As a person in the UK, The temperature has taken such a sudden rise that I’d genuinely recommend covering yourself in cold water and switching on an AC/Fan.
Another vicious cycle is the diminishing ability to acclimatize to the heat.
1) Turn on AC
2) Body gets used to being in a cool environment
3) When outside, the same temperature feels a lot hotter (reduced tolerance to heat)
4) Avoid the heat as much as possible (go indoors with AC)
5) Repeat step 1 to 4
I wonder if they could all collectively start raising the temps on their ACs slowly over time and get used to the heat again. It would take most of Hong Kong working together to do that though, because if just a few people did it, it would get wicked hot in their buildings due to the rest of the ACs still producing so much heat.
not to mention it's really unhealthy for your body to go through frequent and sudden temperature changes. ik for me it causes nose bleeds
It fucks up your breathing too
@@latenightthinker4737 Same here
i could be wrong but isnt that a positive feedback loop? Negative would be to balance out
One of the biggest offenders of this phenomenon I witnessed was an art exhibit that showed off ice sculptures in a mall. The AC was so strong that it literally stopped ice from melting.
well in this scenario it must be strong lmaoo
I mean, I hope the AC is strong, it’s an art exhibit. If the power goes out, it’s fucked
I have to clarify that the exhibit room was not very airtight and that the cooling leaked out into the rest of the complex, wasting a lot of energy
@@pulledpork9778 very poor design choice
@@engineer2719 omg r u engineer monkey from the ninja kiwi's hit saga Bloons??!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Most of the energy used is from the multiple motors involved in the refrigeration cycle that draw major Amps on start up, as tech improves and we are able to throttle the comfort according to the the load without stopping a system they will become much more efficient. Takes more energy to start an AC than it does to keep it running at variable speeds for days. It’s the starting and stopping of these motors and systems that stresses our grid so much.
No lie when i visited hongkong n when ever i walk by a building and door opens the amount of cold air that comes out it is freaking insane
When he said "places with no air conditioning seemed more primitive", as a Hong Konger that hit me.
That's straight to the core
I hate AC abusers(they emit useless CO2 emissions). Why people don't try dehumidifiers or adapt their body with heat? People should use AC only when needed. Indian Government put limit on AC manufacturers that they can't sell ACs capable of lowering temperature below 25C(ideal room temperature is 25C).
I live in Ahmedabad, India which is situated at Tropic of Cancer and I have absolutely no problem with dry heat(low moisture) even at 40-42C(104-108F). Only humidity along with heat is issue for me after rainy season.
I can live in dry heat at home studying(and other non physical activities) without fan/AC after removing my t-shirt. After coming home doing a physical activity, I need fan and take a bath. People regularly bath 2-3 times a day in my city.
Houses can be made more cooler by using modern construction techniques and using some cheap hacks like covering windows during hottest parts of days(usually noon-afternoon).
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE HORRIBLE.
American, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc country people abuse their ACs.
Lol i live in a tropical country and we dont have an ac for 22 years and it doesnt bother me. I just adapted to the heat
@@killingfields6599 Very good. I also did the same.
@@killingfields6599 Fans only for me here
I saw that thumbnail and went straight to the comments, was not dissapointed
Same.
Why would you?
11:23 everything's red except north korea lol
Clicked the thumbnail thought of something else
wait, i went to hong kong when i was a kid and thought hong kong was just ... a cold city. my mum bought me a winter jacket and i didn’t know everything was cold because of air-con???
Lmao
Yeah, As a Hong Kongese, I can confirm that Hong Kong is quite hot actually, but air conditioning made it cold af
@@clista1020 I didn’t get the part why people overcool the temperature and wear winter clothes?
Lamao. Hong Kong has winter, not like singapore
@@abdusalomabdukayumov8640 I like to look at it as a business tactic turned into a culture
Me: "looks at my ac"
AC: " Don't even think about it "
Maximum power!!!
POWAAAAAAAAAA!!!
click
I am looking at my fan in the ceiling
Just got back from HK and their malls are so cold in the summer compared to other cities.
I keep my A/C set at 50f, in the warm months. In the winter I just keep my windows open. People who like it hot, I suspect, are just practicing for where they're going in the afterlife 😉🤣
Kento Bento: "Turn off your ACs"
My family: *AC was broken 9 years ago and never bothered repairing it* "STONKS"
Me who lives in Canada: he he he
the uk during a heatwave : my time has come.
we literally don't have ac in housing. most housing anyway. council housing definitely doesn't have ac.
@@trainerpug6153 Michael Jackson 😳
go buy another then
@@bbb-zk7wy Well... That's the thing, we don't *need* it. The cold humidifier we now have is more than enough.
RUclips is gonna pull out the demonetization pump shotgun at the thumbnail anytime now.
nah 4 days later none happen
Oh shoit
9:35 the heavy users do use more power however they never turn off that power consumption and that makes it easier on the power companies as the greatest challenge is keeping the electrical output and voltage management incredibly difficult when people all do what ever they want when ever they want. Now you need expensive power sources designed to deliver power with seconds notice just to stop power from changing so much that every electrical circuit fries itself on a whim. It is the masses creating the problem.
When you point the finger, look at your hand. Three fingers point back at you. Weyland yutani understands that
2:40 Can’t believe you really didn’t say the name of the sitcom. You’re going to make me look this up.
*life hack: use OnlyFans instead*
I know what you did there.
Ah, you cheeky bastard
Lol
With the thumbnail, this joke works way more than it should
That's not a way to cool down tho
1:26 "but Hong Kong the city I grew in"
Top ten anime plot twists
Roger roger
His pronunciation of 冷氣機 is very convincing.
“This video was made In partnership with bill gates.”I’ve never hated a sentence more.
Building so many skyrise buildings which are made of concrete which stores heat, causes the city to be sweltering.
When you click on a video, expecting it to be a simple video about air conditioners, but got a free lesson in Environmental Science to go along with it.
yo im first? lets go?
And I got another free comment from the popular guy with no mustache.
You sure you clicked it for the ac info?
hm yea.., anyway hi there ' -')
Bro you are literally everywhere wtf
Me, a german: We still use open windows and ventilators to cool....
Well isn’t Germany pretty cool naturally? I’m sorry if I’m wrong I live in india
Same dude same in India as well. But use cold water with ice.
Should’ve gone nuclear
@@TheTroop-kl9ki 😐
@@sergeantsnicker9657 nuclear power ftw
Air conditioners are one of the most efficient heat exchangers that can exist
"This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates." A'ight imma head out.
As a fellow Hong Konger. Yes I have 4 A/C unit in my family’s flat but we replaced them with more energy/smart efficient A/C. And we don’t use them in the winter at all and in summer times we only use them at night when it’s really hot and if it’s raining then we don’t use the A/C as the rain cools down temperature and we just use a fan. For day time in summer we just turn everything off as my family has to either go to work or to university. We hope that other Hong Kongers follow the suit in using less A/C as much as they can :) we can break out of the cycle 💪
Non HKER: How on earth did the medical professionals of hong kong not tell puplic infections spreading infections more and not cleaning air? That seems like having modern technology with medieval superstition.
@@likira111 HKER: Ask the medical professionals lmao, but my thought is they’ve actually told us, but we didn’t want to believe it?
I tried dehumidifier and its like using an ac with 27 degrees celcius, its quite cooling and low cost energy compare to ac.
I hate AC abusers(they emit useless CO2 emissions). Why people don't try dehumidifiers or adapt their body with heat? People should use AC only when needed. Indian Government put limit on AC manufacturers that they can't sell ACs capable of lowering temperature below 25C(ideal room temperature is 25C).
I live in Ahmedabad, India which is situated at Tropic of Cancer and I have absolutely no problem with dry heat(low moisture) even at 40-42C(104-108F). Only humidity along with heat is issue for me after rainy season.
I can live in dry heat at home studying(and other non physical activities) without fan/AC after removing my t-shirt. After coming home doing a physical activity, I need fan and take a bath. People regularly bath 2-3 times a day in my city.
Houses can be made more cooler by using modern construction techniques and using some cheap hacks like covering windows during hottest parts of days(usually noon-afternoon).
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE HORRIBLE.
@@anonymousanonymous6424 First off, pretty sure people are getting annoyed at your spammed replies. And second of its not 100% the individuals fault, the corporations are at fault also.
not very famous quote:
"that guy who just has his ps4 and a mattress in his one-room apartment probably has the lowest carbon footprint, but no one wants to admit that"
I should be this guy. Im literally saving the world by being a lazy ass trash talker. I like it,👍
I mean- carbon footprint is just a term coined by industries that want to shift the blame to the consumer. It’s deeper than that.
@@jacob9673 no. It has a real meaning apart from that.
Oop, I feel called out
This you?
Laying in my apartment which has 31°C in it 😆 Humidity is also high so it feels way hotter. I'm from Northern country so it is really challenging for me to survive. I turn on my portable AC but I can't stand the sound it makes so I never leave it all day and all night.
Bro knew what he was doing in that thumbnail 💀
I get fever in Singapore, Bangkok, and Hong Kong because it's hot and humid outside but it's Arctic inside.
Wdym.Singapore apartments are sweltering
@@capx9905 depends, I’ve been in some peoples houses where the ac was on almost 24/7 + at around 21 degrees, so you just imagine your school library air con but home
@@capx9905 I go to Malls not Apartements
@@ilhandaanish2381 siao what type of idiot on 24/7
@@AlexS-oj8qf malls not that cold what...
I feel like they have bigger problems than being a fridge
The bigger problem definitely isn't China, why would it be, China is perfect, right?
@@clista1020 right. all hail Winnie the Xi
CCP: "We will make Hong Kong citizens to love us.... BY FORCE!!!"
@@martiddy oh no no no no force involved theyre reasonable tactics. right. reasonable
@@SomeoneCookAChicken nothing happened on tiananmen square and all the uighurs are bieng provided free education right?
I guess personal cooling gadget should be here soon...
So we will not cool the room but our body
I get sick under air-conditioning. I use one small fan to pull hot air out, keep windows open, but blinds barely open.
Where do u live?
“Shut the door I’m not paying to cool down the whole neighborhood”
Fun fact: Here in Singapore, it has become a giant microwave due to global warming
This fun fact has been Turtle Approved
As a Singaporean (now instant microwaved meal), I can confirm this is true
Here in malaysia, it is an oven at max setting
Here in Brunei, it’s also a giant microwave thanks to global warming
Sorry to hear this guys, global warming is affecting a lot of people, wishing you good health
I recall went to Hong Kong in summer, it is so hot outside and so freezing inside, got a cold in the second day. While I was walking outside, 15 meters away from a restaurant, someone opened the door and i feel a cool air flowing on my feet.