Posted by spwa4 4 hours ago
To translate: When it's hot, air conditioners use more electricity. This is because they use more electricity because they have to work harder to keep a cool temperature.
The reason why electric grids are too old to handle the load is because:
Electric grids were built for smaller populations with the assumption that we'll build more as we make more babies; AND; electric grids weren't built to handle the temperature rise from climate change.
Additionally, sometimes unnaturally high temperatures break AC systems put in place with poor planning. This is very common in UK supermarkets every summer.
> poor planning.
> very common in UK supermarkets every summer.
What?
No, I think you are opting for disguising your full on climate change denial under a tattered veil of feigned ignorance.
since we're not that used to extreme heat in EU, units with max working temperatures of 45 degrees Celsius are pretty common and the air around the AC unit is warmer than regular outdoors air, doubly so if they're placed on the ground and the glass from the building reflects some additional heat from the sun.
the risk of this was broadcasted in our local news for home AC owners when the forecast reached 40, as lots of apartments have the AC on partly glass-encased balconies, or on walls facing direct sunlight...
This isn't your home with open stairwells and loose venting doorjams. This is a thirteen story office building with elevators and badged access easements.
I assure you, heat passes through elevator shafts and floors just fine, and office buildings aren't usually built like a BSL-4 laboratory. If anything, they're typically less insulated than a regular old house.
>”The European Parliament has also faced blackouts this week due to energy consumption from cranking up its cooling system.”
Alternatively one can install water sprinkers on roofs like they do in China.