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%~}

Imagine how many idiots have bought a/c units this week and will hammer them every time it gets over 25 degrees.

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NickCJ in reply to @%~}

Until they get their first electricity bill, I suspect, at current prices.
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Muc-ed-off in reply to @%~}

Imagine how many idiots have bought a/c units this week and will hammer them every time it gets over 25 degrees.

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There are just over 1bn single-room air conditioning units in the world right now – about one for every seven people on earth. Numerous reports have projected that by 2050 there are likely to be more than 4.5bn, making them as ubiquitous as the mobile phone is today. The US already uses as much electricity for air conditioning each year as the UK uses in total. The IEA projects that as the rest of the world reaches similar levels, air conditioning will use about 13% of all electricity worldwide, and produce 2bn tonnes of CO2 a year – about the same amount as India, the world’s third-largest emitter, produces today.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/29/the-air-conditioning-trap-how-cold-air-is-heating-the-world