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- Wrong, TIME Magazine, Air Conditioners Are Saving People from Heat, Not Causing Climate Change Tue, 10 Mar 26, 12:00amAccordingly, any effort to limit the expansion of air conditioning use is logically going to lead to more sickness and probably death, especially in vulnerable populations like the elderly.
- If Climate Change affects poor children’s brains, then the answer is fossil fuels and cheap air conditioning Sat, 3 Aug 24, 7:11amShould we cool the whole Earth first or just homes and offices?
- Teams Bring Their Own AC Units to Paris: Exposing the Absurdity of “Sustainability” at the Olympics Mon, 24 Jun 24, 7:00am...when it comes to high-stakes events like the Olympics, realism and practicality prevail over performative environmentalism.
- Climate Change makes People Angrier, so give them a solar panel to hug (it’ll help in 100 years) Thu, 15 Sep 22, 6:36amA new study in the Lancet shows that people don’t get more amiable when temperatures are 42 to 45°C. Apparently hate tweets were lowest at 12 to 21°C but reached a “prevalence of 22%” at the highest temperatures....
- Water-based AC cools the air without using harmful chemicals Fri, 19 Jan 18, 10:57pmOur air conditioners still draw on principles that are around 100-years-old, sucking up power in the process. Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are working on an alternative: water-based air conditioners....
- This could be the most important climate action in 2016 Tue, 19 Jul 16, 11:24pmAfter the Montreal Protocol treaty banned chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, almost 30 years ago, world leaders are once again meeting to discuss a possible treaty amendment that would target hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs...
- Police Officers Keep Cool in the Heat With Air-Conditioned Bulletproof Vests Sun, 20 May 12, 1:59amIf you’ve ever seen police officers walking around in full gear during a heat wave, you’ve probably felt a little faint just looking at them...