Quote:  “The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) just published “Hottest May on record spurs call for climate action”, including data on daily global temp increases over the past 3.5 yrs, compared with the 1991-2020 baseline, and here’s the summary: the global temp has increased 0.214 degC on ave. annually over the baseline, so at this rate we could see 2 degC by 2027, and 3 degC by 2032. The Economist magazine published “What 3 degC of global warming looks like” 2 yrs. ago on youtube. Check it out, as that appears to be what we’re headed for by 2032. God help the children.”  SOURCE.

Here in Mérida, we’re accustomed to the heat, mostly, after more than a decade.  But this past summer was different.  So we decided to add a clima unit to our media room.  We’ve avoided using air conditioning (clima) for most of our time here, relying on fans, and a generous breeze across our site, and thru our house. (Buffalonians know what cold feels like; Texans know what grid failure feels like; Meridanos don’t need additional heat stress.)  So we bought a Carrier 18k btu from Costco, which we use rarely, but is able to cool other parts of the home, as needed, via “spill-over”.

And then we looked into securing our energy source by adding a battery back-up system for our solar array. The earlier SMA SunnyBoy inverter had served us well since 2017, but a new inverter was required for storing solar energy overnight, covering possible grid failures. So we sought help from a French solar engineer, Luc D’azemar, of Solarlapsmid, who had earned high marks from friends.  Our new 6000w system worked seamlessly, during one brief power outage from CFE; and we are very happy with Luc’s support.  His tech located and replaced a fried connector on our rooftop array which was being detected as an anomaly by the new inverter. (see photo below).  Now, if the grid goes down, we can still power the house, as long as the sun continues to shine.