A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook The Planet
A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook The Planet: New blog may 2023 Demand for air conditioners is surging in markets where both incomes and temperatures are rising Summer in India has always been hot. Increasingly, it's testing the limits of human survival. As temperatures have climbed across the world's most populous nation in recent weeks, more than a dozen people died at an event in central part of the country and thousands crowded hospitals with heatstroke symptoms. Hundreds of schools were closed and the mercury is still rising: Temperatures will hover around 45C (113F) across the northern plains this weekend. The most immediate fix is mercifully affordable, at least in the short-term. Demand for air conditioners is surging in markets where both incomes and temperatures are rising, populous places like India, China, Indonesia and the Phil...