On: Qatar now so hot it has started air-conditioning the outdoors

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On a related note “Last year in Beijing, during a heatwave, 50% of the power capacity was going to air conditioning”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/29/the-air-...

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In the article it’s mentioned that “ Qatar, which is the largest per-capita emitter country of greenhouse gases, according to the World Bank — nearly three times as much as America and almost six times as much as China – uses about 60 percent of its electricity for cooling.”

“ Air conditioning accounts for less than 10 per cent of China’s or India’s electricity use.”