The only reason that we view heat as a necessity and air conditioning as a luxury is that air conditioning is 120 years old and heat is older than our species. I understand the temptation, but it's wrong. AC is cheaper and less energy-intensive.
Jeff Fecke
If you choose to live somewhere that gets cold in winter, you are choosing a LESS sustainable lifestyle than someone who lives in a warmer climate.
Yes, I’m looking directly at you, morally superior Northerners.
Faine Greenwood
Here’s a good graph: homes in colder states use more annual energy than homes in warmer states, because there are many more days where it’s cold outside than there are days when it’s hot. This is changing under climate change, but still 3x the amount of cold days (HDDs) www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...
