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Cold kills more people according to the literature [1]. Heat deaths are rising, cold deaths are falling. Not in the same places though. Countries near the equat
by slashdev 3y ago
Cold kills more people according to the literature [1]. Heat deaths are rising, cold deaths are falling. Not in the same places though. Countries near the equator are going to suffer more than countries at higher latitudes.
Demand for air conditioning is expected to more than triple by 2050 (consuming as much electricity as all of China and India today). [2]
[1] https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/hot-cold-and-deadly https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/hot-cold-and-deadl...
[2] https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/hotter-climate-higher-cooling-demand-2023 https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/hotter-climat...
- tejohnso 3y ago> Demand for air conditioning is expected to more than triple by 2050 Which further exacerbates the problem. Another unfortunate feedback loop for us.
- petrocrat 3y agoThough demand for heating should be falling simultaneously, no? I wonder what the net CO2 tradeoff is there. At least historically with burning fuels to create heat, that likely contributed more per unit of degree-change than AC, however with Heat pumps now that's probably either a wash or reversed, if I had to guess.
- megaman821 3y agoYeah, there is a lot more energy spent for heating, https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/homes.php https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/use-of-energy/homes.php. Climate change is a problem, but this narrative that poor people near the tropics will needs to use some energy, the world is ending is kinda gross. Even with ACs they will only use a fraction of the energy of people living in Finland or Canada. Plus, the energy they do use will have a lower carbon footprint.