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Air Conditioning and Sycamore Trees

The Anthropocene Reviewed

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The Evolution of Air Conditioning Systems

Air conditioning and electric fans combined account for around ten % of all global electricity usage. And they expect a c usage will more than triple over the next 30 years. Most of the energy that powers air conditioning systems comes from fossil fuels, which warms the planet. People living in usually cool central france have been far more likely to die from heat waves than people living in usually sweltering phoenix. The burdens of climate change are borne mostly by those in poor ones.

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