I don't know what's going on but I've read two or three different stories today from different publications and different authors that are stating that air conditioning is a problem now..
Check out this article from time. They are saying that air conditioning will not save us. They are also pretty much blaming Americans because over 90% of Americans have air conditioning and less than 3% of Germans do and the same with the UK.
I don't know what this deal is but it looks like they're coming after our air conditioning now. Lol!
Below this line is an excerpt from the article.
https://time.com/6199353/air-conditioning-will-not-save-us/Air conditioning divides us by race and class—especially during inflation. Since low-income neighborhoods of color are hotter, it can take more energy (i.e., more money) to cool homes in those communities to the same temperature as wealthier neighborhoods. In addition, a recent study found that Black residents spend hundreds of dollars more on energy bills than white residents even though they were 50% more likely to give up basic necessities and 40% more likely to keep the home at an unhealthy temperature to pay those higher bills. So even when Black households seem to have equal access to energy, the energy infrastructure continues to burden nonwhite residents more intensely than it does whites.