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Texas power use hits record high as heatwave lingers::Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Monday as homes and businesses kept air conditioners cranked up to escape a heatwave.

(Cross posted from https://lemmy.world/c/technology)

Since Texas power sources are majority fossil fuel, this creates a fun death spiral.

Extreme heat => more power use => more fossil fuel emissions => more extreme weather => more power use => more fossil fuel emissions => more extreme weather => 💀

  • BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
    3·
    1 year ago

    There is a interesting map that shows that: Mean center of population of the united states

    On this map we can see that center of population in the United States moved almost on a straight line from east to west.

    It’s only around 1940-1950 that the center of population started to move south. Coincidentally this is also the period where home air conditioning started to become accessible to the general public.

    • morsebipbip@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      that’s very interesting, thanks. I keep in mind there are likely dozens of biases and other reasons contributing to this change, but air conditioning is realistically a significant part of it