Doesn't even mention that ACs are heat pumps and running them in reverse for heat on other days would save money and the planet compared with gas or electric resistance heating.

The US A/C consumption is one of the reasons the world is so hot right now. Comparing ourselves to that is comparing Milan to one deep round of Hell. A/C doesn't create cold: it spits hot outside, making the city more unlivable, not less. We need more trees to make the city traspirate the heat away.