A study into heat-related deaths in the Northern Territory suggests air-conditioning is ruining our ability to handle high temperatures and that traditional Indigenous practices may be a better way to cope.
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Why so many Australians are dying from the heat – and how using air-conditioning could prove fatal
Why so many Australians are dying from the heat – and how using air-conditioning could prove fatal
- Study into heat-related deaths finds air conditioning a risk factor
Why air-conditioning is a climate antihero
In 2018, cooling consumed about 2,000 terawatt-hours of energy globally. In 2050, that could grow to 6,200 TWh. The difference, 4,200 TWh, is roughly the same amount of energy the entire US electrical grid supplied in 2022. So if things don’t change, we’ll need to build enough renewable energy not only to replace all the fossil fuels still on the grid, but also to power a metric boatload of air conditioners.
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