Geopolitics is currently making it harder for India’s 1.4 billion people to cool off in the punishing summer heat. Things are about to get a whole lot worse.

The problem right now is with Diet Coke. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted exports of aluminum from smelters in the Persian Gulf, which account for about a fifth of supplies outside of China. That’s hit beverage manufacturers in India, where the soda is only available in metal cans, in turn sparking a burst of end-times hedonism. With the mercury nearing 49 degrees Celsius, restaurants and bars have hosted “Diet Coke Parties,” where entrants pay up to $16 a ticket to get access to jalapeno-spiked cola cocktails, T-shirt painting and raffles with scarce cans of the drink as prizes.

Beneath all the hilarity, there’s a serious issue. The most concerted global effort to insulate households and businesses from the chaos spiraling out of war in the Middle East is a mass drive for clean electrical energy.