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Air-conditioning is a thing in well-off hot places and for well-off people in poorer countries. But not for poorer people in poorer countries. Given how many in
by nickd2001 4y ago
Air-conditioning is a thing in well-off hot places and for well-off people in poorer countries. But not for poorer people in poorer countries. Given how many in the world don't even have enough to eat, right now, I struggle to see how they'd acquire air-conditioning in the foreseeable future. And if they did, that'd need a massive increase in electricity generation and supply infrastructure. I don't see how that would easily happen. There are indeed some low tech means to deal with high temps, but its not enough, is it? We're literally playing with fire here. Just my 2p ...... (as for GDP I don't know much about the effect of climate change on that, but would imagine GDP is gonna be the least of people's worries if the temp is 50-60C )