Literature/202311111404 staying warm and cool

<ul> <li>Source: [[<a class="litnote tooltip" href="/literature/@gates2021">@gates2021<span class="tooltiptext">How to avoid a climate disaster: the solutions we have and the breakthroughs we need</span></a>]]</li> <li>Tags: <a href="/tags/climate-change">#climate-change</a> <a href="/tags/building-emissions">#building-emissions</a></li> </ul> <p>Perhaps staying warm and cool is the most personal of the chapters in the book. It is not an industry, but a necessary part of life. Heating homes in winter and cooling them down in summer is how we can afford a comfortable life at various latitudes. </p> <p>There are already many improvements regarding being all-electric, like heat pumps. However, the adoption is proving the be slow, and it is mostly related to policies, not personal choices. (see: <a class="wikilink" href="/literature/202311111406_policies_for_a_net_zero_future/">202311111406 Policies for a net zero future</a>).</p>