2020-05-06 · index of AC electricity (2050 vs 2020)
Cooling demand will triple by 2050
Air conditioning saves lives in heat — and can warm the planet if grids stay dirty.
Climate grids hide gigatonnes behind identical squares — the gradient is political once you see the cell count. This grid divides AC electricity demand index (2020 snapshot) into colored bands — Additional 2050 demand vs 2020 and 2020 baseline — using equal squares so you compare shares, not country size on a map.
1 cell = 0.3 index of AC electricity (2050 vs 2020) (0.1% of AC electricity demand index) · 1,000 cells
Context
The 2020 figures from IEA Future of Cooling put Additional 2050 demand vs 2020 at 67% of AC electricity demand index and 2020 baseline at 33% — about 300 index of AC electricity (2050 vs 2020) in this edition's rounding.
IEA Future of Cooling: demand could triple — grid shows 200 index points of growth on 100 baseline.
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Credit this grid as Inagrid — https://inagrid.com/e/2020-05-06-ac-energy