Air-Conditioning Should Be a Human Right in the Climate Crisis We need to protect vulnerable people from killer heat without destroying the environment

Essential words for writing and speaking 
1.
Sweep 
- to quickly spread through and influence an area. 
A 1970s fashion revival is sweeping Europe. 
2.
Luxury
- something expensive that is pleasant to have but is not necessary. 
Right now a new car is a luxury that I can't afford. 
3.
Inefficient 
- not organized, skilled, or able to work in a satisfactory way. 
Existing methods of production are expensive and inefficient. 
4.
Account for 
- to form the total of something. 
Students account for the vast majority of our customers. 

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5.
Equalize -
to make things or people equal. 
They are putting pressure on the government to equalize state pension ages
between men and women. 
6.
Hypothetical
- imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true. 
He described a hypothetical case to clarify her point. 
7.
Skyrocket 
- to rise extremely quickly or make extremely quick progress 
towards success. 
Housing prices have skyrocketed in recent years in Uzbekistan, as a result
ordinary people can not afford to buy. 
8.
Disrupt 
- to prevent something, especially a system, process, or event, from 
continuing as usual or as expected. 
A heavy fall of snow disrupted traffic during the rush hour. 
9.
Switch to 
- to change suddenly or completely from one thing to another, or to 
exchange one person or thing with another. 
Smith decided to switch his major from engineering to medicine. 
10.
 Viability
- the degree of chance that something will succeed. 
This year will serve as an important test of commercial viability for the new
electric vehicles.