onlooker wrote:Oh it is already happening I have heard first hand accounts from both Latin America and the Philippines of such rolling blackouts and limited rationed power. So I assume the same for other poor regions like Africa, Middle East and even some Eastern bloc countries.
Yup. Same thing in India. And when the power goes out that means the ceiling fans stop moving....and that means you get to experience the full impact of 108° F with 99° humidity for an hour or two until the electricity comes back on......and then you get a couple of hours of power and then it goes off again. And so on and on.
It can be utterly hellish.
Its really no surprise that people in these poor countries desperately want the same creature comforts we enjoy in the US and EU. I had expected it to be extremely hot in India when I went there in late August and early September, but one of the things that surprised me most about India is that you can never escape the heat. When you go to mid-range hotels, restaurants, museums, train stations, trains, airports, bus stations---- nowhere has air conditioning.......the only way to cool off is to find a fan and stand next to it or open the window on a train.
On the bright side-- you don't need a fan to stay cool when you take the train