of unintended consequences...for those of us here, Gary Allan's universal law of unintended consequences was that the solution to a problem brings about more, and bigger consequences than it intended to solve.
This one motor vehicle HVAC systems...
* Make them more efficient, and you burn less fuel (or emit less C, whichever the bent of the boffin in charge).
* reduce cabin leakage, and they have less air to cool, taking less power.
* reduce the leakage to zero (like being locked in an icebox), and they are more efficient still.
http://articles.sae.org/15377/
"If it only saves one life" is reason to regulate something into or out of existence, then what about regulations that have directly, and measurably according to Az authorities cost lives...
(Thanks to Terry D for the article on Linkedin)
This one motor vehicle HVAC systems...
* Make them more efficient, and you burn less fuel (or emit less C, whichever the bent of the boffin in charge).
* reduce cabin leakage, and they have less air to cool, taking less power.
* reduce the leakage to zero (like being locked in an icebox), and they are more efficient still.
http://articles.sae.org/15377/
"If it only saves one life" is reason to regulate something into or out of existence, then what about regulations that have directly, and measurably according to Az authorities cost lives...
(Thanks to Terry D for the article on Linkedin)