Sultan Al Jaber calls on world to up its renewable energy capacity and says oil and gas companies must be involved
More words. We really should do something, right after we did something else to make sure not even a tiny bit of comfort will be lost for the comfortably wealthy! Unimaginable some rich prick has to ride the heatwave without their AC! /s
The planet can only chill if we chill, and that means less comfort (or is it really less consumerist overkill?). We can choose between a little less comfort now, or all hell breaks loose later.
Those private jetters with too much money need to shut up and stop flying around the planet to ‘save the climate’. They could stay at home for the climate, like I do, for a change.
I know this is a very minor side point to your comment but think the anger against ACs is misdirected. They’re electric, and are as clean as the underlying grid. With heat waves becoming deadlier every year, I really can’t blame anyone for relying on ACs
I’ve never used an AC in my home. I live in Southern Europe in an old farmhouse. When it gets too hot I take breaks more often and sit under a tree. I can understand the use in certain contexts like hospitals, certain workplaces, but in general we should employ landscaping solutions and architectural solutions (and even social solutions like normalizing a three hour lunch break) before we normalize using a machine that produces heat in order to fight heat.
