Something is wrong when it’s 105 degrees outside and you must bring a sweater to be comfortable at work.
My daughter and son-in-law live in Dallas. When I visit them during the warm times of year, it’s mandatory to bring a second layer to spend time in an office or restaurant.
It’s always too cold inside!
I did a little research and discovered that “each degree above 72 equates to about 3 percent savings on your total cooling costs” (source).
Think of the impact a large city could have if all thermostats were raised to 73 degrees from their current 65 or 70.
The South Platte River Railway runs close to our neighborhood in suburban Denver. Often, I see long strings of coal cars heading from Wyoming’s coal mines to Texas. During a recent drive to Dallas, I saw a very long line of coal cars heading southeast in the Texas panhandle.
Lower coal power consumption in southern states would result in tangible environmental gains through decreased coal mining activities and reduced diesel fuel burning and exhaust emissions from railways.
Let’s do it, Dallas! And Atlanta. And Houston. And Nashville. And (add your favorite southern city here).
I generated the image of the cold lady using ChatGPT. And coal-fired energy may have been used in the generation of that image.
And Austin! And I would even say most cities in the US during the ‘summer’ months