Of course not, they need that oil and gas to power the AC units everyone will be buying now. Won't somebody think of the revenue?

You joke, but that's close to an argument that's actually been promoted by The Heritage Foundation: "How Fossil Fuels Will Help Us Confront Climate Change" [1].

Briefly, the argument goes that the average world temperature is about 58 F, and that climate change could raise that by 7 F. Dubai averages about 35 F above the world average of 58 F and they get by just fine by heavy use of air conditioning. They are able to do this, according to the article, because of their heavy use of fossil fuels and government policies that promote "economic freedom and growth".

The article notes that not every county as oil, but they can still share in this fossil fuel driven response to climate change:

> Not every country has oil, but in a globalized market, cheap fossil fuels are available everywhere to spur rapid growth and technological change.

[1] https://www.heritage.org/environment/commentary/how-fossil-f...

I don't expect Alaska residents will immediately start buying AC units just because 1 day in a year reaches 32°C.

32C is not that bad, a simple fan is more than enough to keep you cool.

The way you experience temperature heavily depends on the relative humidity.

E.g. I find 0C in London way colder than -15C in Northern Europe.

That is actually a common myth: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitn...

I also think that you wear different clothes and are more prepeared when it is -15.

Nah, he has no idea what he's speaking about.

It's not _just_ humidity. Rain just simply can't exist at -15C, so you can't get your clothes moist because it can only snow, and that snow is cold enough not to stick to you at all.

I am not even going to start on the fact that you can walk miles of snow and not get wet, while walking through miles of slush... Well, I hope you understand the distinction.

Subjective temp is relative to habituated climate though. Where I live (subtropics) people complain that it's 'cold' if temps drop below 20C.

I imagine 32C might feel damned pretty hot to an Alaskan.

I've been there a few times in the summer. Some people were complaining about 75F weather, saying it was hot. 75F is the temp that I still wear a light summer jacket, and 70F is pretty chilly to me.

Either way 90F without AC is too hot, even for me.

30-32C & humid is common in the summer months here. It truly wouldn't occur to me to use AC (even if I had it) in those modest conditions!

Alaska has its own sovriegn wealth fund, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund, which is largely funded by oil drilling. It pays out a dividend to residents every year. Threatening that, even slightly or indirectly, is probably political suicide.

i doubt that. people don't seem to make connections like that intuitively