Is there any evidence that the heat from cars directly contributes meaningfully to temperature in cities? I’m genuinely curious (but skeptical).
Edit: Some back of the envelope math:
Article says cars add 1.2 * 10^6 BTU of heat per day to Manhattan.
Some rough math on my part suggests that Manhattan gets about 5.6 * 10^11 BTU of heat per day from the sun, 5 orders of magnitude more. The heat directly generated by cars is a rounding error.
Edit: Some back of the envelope math:
Article says cars add 1.2 * 10^6 BTU of heat per day to Manhattan.
Some rough math on my part suggests that Manhattan gets about 5.6 * 10^11 BTU of heat per day from the sun, 5 orders of magnitude more. The heat directly generated by cars is a rounding error.