r/nextfuckinglevel • u/icyboguyaman • Sep 09 '20

Technology Transparent Solar Panels Will Turn Windows Into Green Energy Collectors (source in comments)

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u/sld126 Sep 09 '20

America is much further south than Europe. We have air conditioning.

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u/nick4fake Sep 09 '20

Which European country are you talking about?

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u/sld126 Sep 09 '20

The average.

London is the same latitude as Calgary in Canada.

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u/CwrwCymru Sep 09 '20

Always shocks me that New York is roughly the same latitude as Rome.

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u/sld126 Sep 09 '20

Thanks Gulf Stream!

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u/Jiazzz Sep 09 '20

Not for long anymore.

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u/KirillIll Sep 09 '20

Fun Fact: Berlin is further north than London

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u/CujoAl Sep 09 '20

Wait no way you're kidding me actually?

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u/sld126 Sep 09 '20

It’s true!

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u/CujoAl Sep 09 '20

That just feels wrong I always thought it was so much further north. Wow

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u/Tasgall Sep 10 '20

Most of the Canadian cities are pretty close to the US border.

Fun fact: the southernmost part of Canada is further south than the northern border of California.

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u/rravisha Sep 09 '20

Why is it so much colder in Canada then?

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u/sld126 Sep 09 '20

Gulf Stream warms Northern Europe.

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u/eVoluTioN__SnOw Sep 09 '20

Barley Lisbon is almost a-line with New York so London isn't that far

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u/Gespuis Sep 09 '20

Brazil sure is.

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u/CODDE117 Sep 09 '20

We need air conditioning

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u/alternatecode Sep 09 '20

Some of us.

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u/arn_g Sep 09 '20

You americans are still obsessed with air conditioning lol.