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And then Indians will spend that on cooling instead.
by devdas 11y ago
And then Indians will spend that on cooling instead.
- danans 11y agoHeating a house from 30F to 70F uses far more energy than cooling a house from 100F to 70F: http://www.citylab.com/housing/2013/03/cities-dependent-air-conditioning-might-be-more-sustainable-we-think/5115/ http://www.citylab.com/housing/2013/03/cities-dependent-air-... The question is where does the electricity for cooling come from. If it's mostly coal-powered electricity, that's pretty bad, considering the low efficiency and high CO2 output of coal burning electricity generation. Obviously that needs to change. Hopefully they start using more nuclear and renewables as the cost of those drops. For one thing, India has incredible solar resources (http://mnre.gov.in/sec/DNI_Annual.jpg http://mnre.gov.in/sec/DNI_Annual.jpg, http://www.dlr.de/tt/Portaldata/41/Resources/dokumente/institut/system/projects/reaccess/ssedni60.jpg http://www.dlr.de/tt/Portaldata/41/Resources/dokumente/insti...), being as close to the equator as it is, and it also has large populations living in areas with high irradiation, in comparison to Europe or even China. Once the price of solar drops further (it's within reach of the middle-class in US and Western-Europe), they will have even more reason to adopt it.