I CAN'T STAND IT THIS HOT!!! (this will be a short thread,timewise, no doubt)

One thing that separates us is electricity. We don't have air conditioning in the UK so the only thing that eats electricity is the refrigerator. It's not a huge factor. In the US everybody has air conditioning. The same was true in Hong Kong. I remember getting the bus to Victoria Peak partially to see Hong Kong but also because the buses are air-conditioned. Shops are air-conditioned in such a way that there's a blast of cold air on the pavement when you walk past them. Perhaps it's meant to entice you in. I remember seeing a film at the cinema and the temperature was uncomfortably cold.

I also remember thinking "is it like this in Singapore and Japan and all across China and India etc, and if so what impact is that going to have on the environment?" I grew up with science fiction so the idea of living on a metal planet covered in skyscrapers with a giant heatsink that spews hot air into orbit isn't so bad, but how are we going to evacuate heat into space? Vacuums aren't conductive.

Seville on the other hand had narrow, tall streets, made of stone, with shades:
https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/seville-spain-sept-th-shadow-curtains-street-protecting-tourists-harsh-sun-heat-which-common-summer-southern-158938631.jpg

On the surface its cute, but it raises the question of whether it would be more practical to cover the streets with a second layer of streets, as in The Caves of Steel.

It's even hot up here in Edinburgh! Admittedly with a stiff breeze howling off the Firth of Forth to keep things sensible.

I spend a lot of time in Los Angeles. It's remarkable how much more livable the ocean makes that city.