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ชีวิต ในปี 2567 (4)

(A new series on life issues in this year) Example 4:
2023 was the hottest year on record.
2024 is expected to be the hotter year – to break that (2023) record and all future years are set to break the record of the previous years.

Not everyone can stay and work in climate controlled (air-conditioned) environment. Shades give some relief from the Sun. Moist air movements (winds) can lower the heat if there is some cooler mass of air nearby (hot lighter air rises up and colder heavier air flows in). Ways of cooling are urgently needed.

Electric fans push air about (ceiling fans push air downwards, floor/tabletop fans push air sideways), mixing cooler air with hotter air, so can only get somewhere in between. No cooler than ‘ambient’ (environmental) air. Adding water sprays to absorb heat would give cooler air but using more energy to make sprays. Using more energy means more CO2 and hotter world.

Redesigning buildings, landscapes for better air flows are ideal but won’t solve the problems now . Can we modify our house and whatever we can to get some reliefs for now? This is our challenge. It is the challenge for some 90% of people of the world. Cooling ourselves because our health and wellbeing depend on temperature. The survival of humanity needs cooling technologies.