The Gang decides the best way to "solve" global warming is to profit from it. Their plan includes:
Hauling in massive amounts of ice to keep the bar (and themselves) cool as the power grid fails. Key Themes & Satire The Gang Solves Global WarmingIt's Always Sunny...
Critical analysis of the episode notes that the Gang acts as a "mini-example" of the global climate crisis. The Gang decides the best way to "solve"
Convincing the public to come to the bar to save energy at their own homes, effectively centralizing the "waste". Convincing the public to come to the bar
The "lower levels" of the bar (the basement) flood first, which fans have interpreted as a nod to how marginalized communities are impacted by climate change before the wealthy. Episode Info Original Air Date: November 6, 2019. Written by: Rob McElhenney & Charlie Day. Directed by: Pete Chatmon.
Reviewers at The A.V. Club describe the episode as an allegory for humanity ignoring a "rapidly heating stewpot" until it's too late.