Air Conditioning Uses Less Energy

People like to say the big move by Americans from the northern states to the sun belt southern states has required more energy. Bloomberg View's Megan McArdle refutes that:

You could argue that if Americans had not migrated en masse from the temperate north to the blistering sunbelt, we would need less energy for climate control. You could argue that, but you'd be wrong. Americans still expend much more energy heating their homes than cooling them.

On average, the move from cold areas to warm ones has actually saved energy, not caused us to use more.

The DrsC try to live where it is a comfortable temperature year around, necessitating four relocations per year. We find it's fun calling three different places home. There are things we like best about each of them.