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The Unsustainable Consumption of Air Conditioning
CNN's John Defterios says the air conditioner is a symbol of unsustainable consumption. He argues that people without air conditioning die more often than those with it. The average yearly heat rate in the United States is 702 compared to 15,000 per 100,000 in Europe. More Americans have air-conditioned homes than any other country but Italy has 10 times as many fans according to MIT.Defterios: "If the left had their way unfettered the entire world would experience"