I jsut read an interesting article about air conditioning, which does not make me feel that optimistic about our efforts to curb CO2 emissions and curtail global warming.
As prosperity in developing nations increases, they use more A/C. The author of the article, Stan Cox, tries to make the argument that the desire for cool air isn't natural. Based on the heat wave we just had, I beg to disagree, and we aren't even in a tropical area. Building ventilation systems should be improved and we could do many things differently in design--i.e. less glass and more exterior shading--but dropping the indoor air temperature from 100 degrees to 75 degrees requires equipment and energy. There is no way around that.
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