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Margi Prideaux, PhD's avatar

Thank you for saying what most won't.

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Alan Jackson's avatar

Until recently, Seattle had about 30% air conditioning - now, due to increasing heat waves and smoke, that number is around 50-60%. So your estimate using Seattle is probably low - since with no power, the A/C rate is zero. But, order of magnitude - correct.

I did a back of the envelope a few years ago after the Texas heatwave saw 300-500 deaths. Europe saw 60,000 deaths. I wondered what was different, so I scaled by population and then by the percent air conditioned. That explained almost all of the difference. A/C is and will be a life-or-death necessity.

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