I think the xkcd was Moreso a Proof that melting large existing quantities of snow is incredibly difficult. If They’re proactive with it and start running it before the snow pours then I’d assume its a lot easier to melt comparatively smaller quantities of snow over a large hot surface area.
I do agree that this requires people be smart and proactive and we haven’t seen a lot of that lately. But hey, this is something they’re being proactive about. Though it seems a little strange to assume they won’t at least test and use the new expensive infrastructure they put in, no?
I think the xkcd was Moreso a Proof that melting large existing quantities of snow is incredibly difficult. If They’re proactive with it and start running it before the snow pours then I’d assume its a lot easier to melt comparatively smaller quantities of snow over a large hot surface area.
I do agree that this requires people be smart and proactive and we haven’t seen a lot of that lately. But hey, this is something they’re being proactive about. Though it seems a little strange to assume they won’t at least test and use the new expensive infrastructure they put in, no?
The power use is exactly the same. You are melting the same quantity of snow, but over a longer period of time.
In fact, it might be worse to pre-warm, because a lot of power will be wasted into the air.
Dog, you can’t be lecturing people about their lack of understanding thermodynamics, and then mix up power and energy.