Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoProbably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square248fedilinkarrow-up1517arrow-down131
arrow-up1486arrow-down1imageProbably a stupid question, but will we ever have something like a microwave to make things cold? Is there a reason this can't exist?lemmy.dbzer0.comMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square248fedilink
minus-squareUnicodeHamSic [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down4·edit-211 months agoThat’s an air conditioner. Or a fridge. You just need to adjust the output and input sizes. Do to like… physics. It is easier to add heat to a system than to remove it.
minus-squareTaringano@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoTo be fair, those are more akin to an oven. As they use convection to cool.
minus-squareUnicodeHamSic [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoGood point.
That’s an air conditioner. Or a fridge.
You just need to adjust the output and input sizes. Do to like… physics. It is easier to add heat to a system than to remove it.
To be fair, those are more akin to an oven. As they use convection to cool.
Good point.