Description
On this steamy Frankly, Nate shares how his broken office air conditioner reminds him of the discomforts and dangers being faced by those living in high heat regions – including the heat dome over the Southern U.S and growing ‘wet bulb temperature’ areas around the world. Air conditioners are a modern luxury not afforded to most humans – and those that do use them are in turn part of a positive feedback loop to stay cooler while consuming more fossil energy. And yet as the climate gets hotter and hotter, climate control may shift from a luxury to a necessity for many people to even survive in parts of Earth’s habitat. Can those of us with access to AC – at least as a first step – become more aware of the energy privileges we have? How will we respond in a future with less access to climate control and increasing periods of extreme heat?
In French, we have a motto that says that a simple drawing is often better than a long explanation. Jean-Marc Jancovici Carbone 4 President
That’s very understandable because with left atmosphere thinking, one of the problems is that you see everything as a series of problems that must have solutions. Iain McGilchrist Neuroscientist and Philosopher
We can’t have hundreds and hundreds of real relationships that are healthy because that requires time and effort and full attention and awareness of being in real relationship and conversation with the other human. Nate Hagens Director of ISEOF
This is the crux of the whole problem. Individual parts of nature are more valuable than the biocomplexity of nature. Thomas Crowther Founder Restor
Show Notes & Links to Learn More
00:17 – Availability Cascade
01:45 – AC energy requirement
02:05 – Wet Bulb Temperature
02:50 – Roger Pielke, Kevin Anderson
04:30 – Paper discussed: Quantifying the human cost of global warming
05:16 – Heat dome in the US SW, extreme heat in Iran and Iraq, effects of El Niño
More: In India, “phase down” of coal means far more mining with no end in sight, Recommendations to stay cool in the heat, Global Habitability
