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they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.

Balconies aren't really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I'm from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they're mostly used when it's a bit later so it's not too bright.

Both of these are regional. Growing up in Ohio awnings were rare. And in some states ac is more or less common. I know in Washington's Puget Sound region it's more or less only in new construction because before the past decade or so it's been mild all year.

Here's the thing. You said a "heatpump is a A/C."

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies A/C's, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls heat pumps A/C's. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.

If you're saying "A/C family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of HVACae, which includes things from fans to swamp coolers to radiators.

So your reasoning for calling a heat pump a A/C is because random people "call the heat exchanger thingies A/C?" Let's get refridgerators and freezers in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A heat pump is a heat pump and a member of the A/C family. But that's not what you said. You said a heat pump is a A/C, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the heat exchanger family A/C's, which means you'd call refridgerators, freezers, and other heat exchangers A/C's, too. Which you said you don't.

It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?

Never hedge your bets. Go all in or leave the table.