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Weather accounted for 80% of major power outages across the US between 2000 and 2023 , a report says.
Air conditioning gobbles up energy, exacerbates the very problem it’s used to mitigate.
It is also a lifeline against increasingly brutal heat, the deadliest type of extreme weather.
Demand for AC is exploding, expected to triple worldwide by 2050 .
A power outage in Phoenix causes a “very dramatic shift in heat illness,” Stone says, because the city’s climate is so extreme and people struggle to adapt.
Authorities in Phoenix say the city is well prepared to deal with a multi-day power outage and heat wave in Phoenix .
Drastically cutting planet-heating pollution is the best long-term defense against heat and extreme weather.
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