Due to climate change, summers in the United States (and the world) will be expected to get hotter. As a result, due to sheer mental weakness, air condition use will go up leading to overloading of the electric grid leading to more blackouts. This especially expected for in times of heatwaves and peak of summer.

Study in interdisciplinary journal, Earth’s Future, researchers used many variables to predict the future residential air condition demands including observed and predicted air temperature, heat, discomfort index, etc to estimate the amount of electricity would be needed if we continue the current trends.

It is predicted that due to continued self-destructive human tendencies and habits, Earth is on it’s way to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by early 2030s as per the IPCC report. At that temperature level, it is predicted that electricity demand from air condition use will increase between 8 to 13%.

While there are regional differences, in order to stay aligned with trends, air condition efficiency must be increased by 1% to 8%.

The study admittedly did not include variables such as expected population increases, changers in human behavior and consumptions, and other climate influencers.

Ironically, people run to keep cool in the heat by using equipment that will only make the planet hotter.

Unless you are elderly or with real serious medical conditions, many of you need to man up and just stop using residential air conditioning or try using a fan. Air conditioning is a sign of weakness. Not only is it a sign of weakness, it in facts makes you physiologically and mentally weaker to temperature changes. So just man up now and stop using it (unless you are elderly, with serious medical conditions, or live in a place that is so hot that your street is melting).

R Obringer et al. Implications of increasing household air conditioning use across the United States under a warming climate. Earth’s Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EF002434