Today (23.06.2023) is Beijing’s hottest day on record as temperatures rose above 40deg C for the first time in nearly a decade.

The national weather bureau in China issued an alert for heatstroke last week, almost two weeks earlier than is typical from previous years.
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The high temperatures have also led to increased pressure on the power grid, with a more than 20% increase in demand reported in Tianjin on 15 June compared with last year.

Power usage increase during an extreme weather event isn’t a natural positive feedback loop, but it may as well be. As hotter, colder, wetter, drier days arrive, I can’t blame people for blasting the a/c or heat in order to function and survive. However, it’s certainly not going to help things in the long run.