The Environmental Impact of Air Conditioning

Cooling the indoors warms the outdoors./nMost of the energy that powers air conditioning systems comes from fossil fuels./nAir conditioning and electric fans combined already account for around ten % of all global electricity usage./nAC usage is expected to more than triple over the next 30 years./nAC primarily benefits people in rich countries while the burdens of climate change affect those in poor ones./nContemporary air conditioning began with an accident./nWillis Carrier invented air conditioning in 1902 to solve a printing company's humidity problem.