Out of all the scenario's presented, "only Denmark was able to do it."
We can suppose that Denmark, which has a #Temperate climate and is surrounded by a lot of water, has a *lower* need for Air Conditioning.
This would contribute considerably to the contrast with
China and US.
Is there any way to determine correlation between your data and the rising energy usage in HVAC, as a "solution" to dealing with the recent and continuous rise in Global #Temperature, I wonder?
Correct, demand for air conditioning will increase in the US in the summer months, but at the same time demand for heating will decrease in the winter months.
IPCC has a whole section dedicated to this in Chapter 6 of the Mitigation document: https://mas.to/@jackofalltrades/110819797954610133
"One study found that total electricity consumption at the end of the century in the USA could increase on average by 20% during summer months and decrease on average by 6% in the winter. While the average increase in consumption is modest, climate change is projected to have severe impacts on the frequency and intensity of peak electricity loads. Bartos et al. (2016) find that peak per-capita summertime load in the USA may rise by 4.2–15% by mid-century." IPCC AR6 WGIII, p. 669 #ClimateChange
BTW, the need for AC varies greatly within the US. It is a big country!
See https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36692 for an information on regional differences and https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=43155 for an information on how it's likely to change in the coming decades.
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