Although no one has calculated just how many calories of heat are given off by all the city's air conditioners, motorcycles, and kitchens, Wu Ming-chin, an assistant professor of atmospheric science at National Taiwan University, says that these modern products all require energy to operate and under the principles of thermodynamics some of that energy must end up as heat added to our environment.
雖然沒有人計算過使用冷氣機、摩托車或煮飯時排出的熱氣，會產生多少熱量或會使局部增加多少溫度。但台灣大學大氣科學系副教授吳明進表示，要啟動這些現代化產品，一定要消耗能量。根據物質不滅定律，這些能量一定得變成另一種熱能，排放到我們生存環境中。