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With temperatures rising around the world, more countries are experiencing unprecedented heat or more days of dangerously hot weather. It’ll get harder and harder to keep cool.
While it’s tempting to keep the air-conditioning running to stay cool and comfy, it comes with a price. Every time we run the air-conditioner, we’re burning fossil fuel and releasing carbon and heat into the air.
In 2016, an estimated 10% of the world’s energy expenditure was used on air-conditioning, and this is set to increase as nations like India, Indonesia, and the Middle Eastern countries become wealthier. At the moment, the US uses the most electricity on air-conditioning in the world.
With the current state of climate emergency, we need to think about our air-conditioning habits, as uncomfortable as it’ll make us.
I grew up in tropical Singapore, naturally, I’m familiar with heat. So I’ve put together a list of things you can do to deal with the heat and keep your cool.
However, before you read the tips, let’s go over some important safety pointers. Heatwaves can kill. We want to lower our carbon footprint, but we don’t want heat exhaustion!
