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It's not an disadvantage, if you care about climate change you shouldn't flock to places where burnings tons of kwh's is the bare minimum to survive. Of course

• ineedasername 5y ago
  I meant that you can't get an apple-to-apples comparison on different states' commitment to energy efficiency if you don't break energy consumption up into different categories of usage. It's also important to consider sources of energy: All else being equal, I would rather a state shut down coal power plants in favor of building or importing renewable electricity, instead of keeping the coal while reducing consumption. (They can do both, but in terms of priorities I'd go with switching to renewables first) These are the important details of consumption patterns that we have to focus on to keep moving forward. Are they pseudo topics? I also don't think the world's temperate zones are large enough to facilitate everyone living in climates that have minimal requirements for heating & cooling. Also many areas that require a lot of energy for heating also require very little for cooling, and vice versa: another reason why consumption details are important when evaluating these things.