I work in an industry designed to satisfy every downward dial your air conditioner. So to say I work with guys that talk about the weather is a massive understatement.
As we advance toward the 3-day weekend, temperatures in the central U.S. are forecast to plateau somewhere upwards of the 100-degree mark, and in many areas it will feel much hotter than that.
It’s the latest breath of a heat wave in the Northern Hemisphere summer that has shattered records around the world.
Industry wide the hot weather is chugged into an equation that models and predicts the electrical demand. I'm only cursorily familiar with the equation. I can make no claims of being an expert there.
As a lifelong Midwesterner I'm also familiar with the relief you feel when you can escape the heat. As an environmentalist I'm rather proficient with climate models. The ozone depleting properties of air conditioning refrigerant that provides respite from a hot summer day. The foundation of coal fired generation upon which the electrical grid is built. That as the planet warms, the relief from the weather will become more crucial which will cause the planet to warm which will kick air conditioning into the category of essential.
It made me consider the term climate control in a whole different light.
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Reading: Game Change by Heilemann and Halperin
Recent Laughter: Portlandia: Technology Loop
Personal Soundtrack: All of Me (Louis Armstrong)
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