If we all leave our fridge doors open can we stop global warming?

Question

If we leave them open it will cool the planet down yes?

Answer 1

That will just make things worse. Because refrigerators do not make cold, they just remove heat from their insides and push it to their outsides. And to do that they use energy which in most cases comes from from fossil fuel burning power plants which release the CO2 which causes global warming. Leaving the door open just allows the same heat to get back in through the open door where it has to be removed again by the use of more electricity. Anybody can test this by putting a thermometer in the refrigerator. Note the temperature after it has been in there a while with the door closed and then open the door and leave it open. The inside temperature will go way up and the motor will never stop running. And if you do that in a closed room, the room will get warmer from the heat of the over worked motor.

Answer 2

You brought up a very good and interesting point. The process of cooling involved is this. Basically the cool air produced inside your fridge is in turn produce a equal amount of warm air inside. I have thought about this some with air conditioner when every one runs there on a summer day well all the cold air is kept inside the house and they run all the time in the summer. A equal amount of hot air is produced in turn and the hot air is sent outside. I have always wondered if air conditioners add to Global warming they different than a fridge. Because fridge air is just recirculated to inside air. But will also affect the air conditioner making them work harder for the added heat they have to remove so the hot air produced from fridge is also sent outside by the air conditioner so in turn it also added to hot air outside. So maybe if affects to global warming that way. Now if we could reverse the process but that would really be expensive I think. Send the hot air to space he he. Oh my mistake we not want send the hot air to space if we did we loose or air so we need to think of somewhere to store all or hot air we make.

Answer 3

Don't know why anyone has goven campbelp2002 the thumbs down as the answer is spot on.

Leave a fridge door open and you just move heat from A to B, the motor creates additional heat and the fossil fuels burned to provide the electricity to power the fridge will add to GW.

Answer 4

Nope.

Takes a lot of power to cool down the fridge. The more you leave it open the more power generation it takes which creates more green house gasses.

Wrong thing to do.


I like the guy's idea to but a sun shade about a million miles out in space to block some sunlight which would cool down the earth.

"Our future is so bright we gotta wear shades!"



g-day!

Answer 5

No that would make global warming worse fridges are only cold inside
it is created by heat ,
imagine a fuel fridge you burn a flame under the fridge ,
electric frdges also use heat
so billions of fridges working full on would heatt up the place instead

Answer 6

Oh come on campbelp's answer is hilaerious,
and Kekinga agrees with Dubya, only he's not delaying climate talks by putting the idea forward to the scientific community.

Sorry, before I answer your question, can I have some clarification, are the fridges turned on?.

Answer 7

I guess that the cold from the refrigerators would help cool things down BUT don't forget all that energy that you would be using to run the refrigerator. It would defeat the purpose.

I think the best way to fight global warming is for everyone to drive their cars less and use less electricity/energy.

Answer 8

Of course. The scientists know it. They just don't want Big Refrigerator to benefit.

Also, if you need a nap, read Campbelp's answer.

Answer 9

SORRY but it would have the opposite affect
you would have to use more energy to keep things cold.

Answer 10

Have a star. You made me smile. I should be going to bed. I'll smile more about this in the morning :-)