Weather dictates both how energy is consumed (air-conditioning in the summer, heating in the winter) and generated (such as wind farms, solar facilities, and hydropower).

天气会影响电力消耗量(夏天的空调和冬天的采暖)和发电量(比如风力发电机组、太阳能电站和水力发电机组)。

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Some types of air conditioning can even use the heat to power their chillers in summer.

在夏天，某些类型的空调甚至可以利用这些余热来驱动冷却器制冷。

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Q: Which method for keeping cool during the summer is better for fuel efficiency -- air conditioning or opening the windows?

问：夏季开车时，哪种保持凉爽的方法更省油，开空调还是开窗？

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It was a hot summer, and the air conditioning kept crashing.

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In exchange for a more substantial energy-bill savings (5-10% of the summer's air-conditioning tariff), participating customers agree to an "Auto-Tune" of their Nest, a three-week adjustment period where the algorithms plan a regime that routinely rejiggers air-conditioning use during the day.

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If humans are still around when and if it happens it is quite likely we would survive these massive changes with air conditioning in the summer and a lot of heating in winter.

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