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I don't think you understand Indian reality. AC is, was and will be luxury in places where entire villages are cut from electricity randomly and for a long time
by saiya-jin 4y ago
I don't think you understand Indian reality. AC is, was and will be luxury in places where entire villages are cut from electricity randomly and for a long time. They don't have any network capacity to handle tons of ACs. And hundreds of millions are still so desperately poor they wouldn't be able to afford one and run it anyway.
- bryanlarsen 4y agoIndia went from 5% with air conditioning in 2017 to 13% with air conditioning in 2022. It's projected to hit 69% in 2040.[1] It's also well suited for solar power, and the price of solar power has dropped 90% per decade for the last 5 decades, and that trend looks to continue. Getting air conditioning to most Indians is a difficult problem, but it's an easier problem than solving climate change or accommodating 1.3 billion climate refugees. 1: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiUi466iav6AhWtHjQIHQMgCz8QFnoECAMQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deccanherald.com%2Fnational%2Findias-ac-requirement-is-set-to-rise-steeply-shows-study-1049050.html&usg=AOvVaw0m6OxLNYP3mEsY-mYFbf63 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...