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It is already almost uninhabitable and has been for a long time. Nevertheless ~10M people live there. Technology is solving this, either the root cause or the s
by WanderPanda 6y ago
It is already almost uninhabitable and has been for a long time. Nevertheless ~10M people live there. Technology is solving this, either the root cause or the symptoms
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoAir conditioning the outside is almost assuredly not sustainable.
- arjun-menon 6y agoNot sure what you mean “the outside”. Only indoors are air-conditioned (using electricity). And in the UAE, right now, electricity generation is slowly being switched over solar energy (away from natural gas), which is clean / renewable / sustainable. (https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/worlds-largest-solar-project-will-also-be-worlds-cheapest https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/worlds-largest-...)
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 6y agoIt was Qatar that I was thinking of. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-environment/climate-change-qatar-air-conditioning-outdoors/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/climate-e...