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World's Air Conditioning Boom Would Worsen Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Study
NBC News ^ | June 1, 2016 | by Erik Ortiz

Posted on 06/01/2016 10:51:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

There's no putting a chill on the worldwide air conditioning boom that's expected to heat up to historic levels over the next decade.

Nations with emerging economies and spiking populations - including India, Indonesia and Brazil - are seeing air conditioner sales grow 10 to 15 percent a year. That means the world's supply of A/C units could nearly double from about 900,000 million in 2015 to roughly 1.6 million by 2030, according to a recent Berkeley National Laboratory study.

So instead of simply trying to shut off the inexorable growth, scientists are working to find fresh energy-efficient technologies that could offset the effects A/C units have on the climate.

Reducing the amount of HFCs in the environment would be a better alternative to mitigating climate change than trying to control CO2 use alone, the researchers say.

Scientists worry energy use and emissions will only worsen once countries such as India - known for its extreme heat, but which is still playing catch-up in terms of A/C use - bring millions of units on the grid in order to combat rising temperatures.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airconditioning; climategate; hoax; socialism
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These masterminds really want to decide who can live in comfort. Ain't Marxism great!
1 posted on 06/01/2016 10:51:32 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

As the creep from NBC was writing this “report” in airconditioning.


2 posted on 06/01/2016 10:53:27 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

We built the first building in an industrial park in Wuhan, China. The next month, Gree moved in and built an air-conditioning plant bigger than any GM plant I’ve ever been in. It’s closer to the 747 plant in Seattle. They’re pumping out AC units 24/7 in numbers you wouldn’t believe.


3 posted on 06/01/2016 10:53:28 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Because the algores and zukerbergs of the world will live without air conditioning, for the sake of the planet.

Just kidding. They will stay nice and comfy all year round.

It’s you and I who will swelter without AC for the sake of the planet.


4 posted on 06/01/2016 10:53:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Once they come for my air conditioning, the rebellion definitely is starting.


5 posted on 06/01/2016 10:54:30 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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The government enviro-Nazis will have to pry my air conditioning out of my COLD dead hands.


6 posted on 06/01/2016 10:55:28 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: BenLurkin

If I am made to swelter, I am coming for those who are not sweltering.

They will never know comfort again.


7 posted on 06/01/2016 10:55:36 AM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They made me feel guilty - I’m gonna sell my air conditioner today to save the planet.

Psych!!


8 posted on 06/01/2016 10:55:55 AM PDT by GnuThere
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So how do we do the cost benefit trade off???

I’ve heard that these heat waves in India result in many deaths. Don’t we want to place a premium in human life ??

Do we want to discourage increased use of air cond in places like India and sacrifice lives, just to keep to some nebulous targets relating to global warming???

And who makes these judgments? Liberals who live in the New York/Washington axis ????


9 posted on 06/01/2016 10:55:56 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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If it’s anything like their solutions that leave our clothes dirty after laundering, our dishwashers requiring rinsing agents, and our toilets requiring two flushes instead of one, I can just imagine the joy of the non-cooling, but eco-friendly air conditioner.


10 posted on 06/01/2016 10:56:00 AM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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So instead of simply trying to shut off the inexorable growth, scientists are working to find fresh energy-efficient technologies that could offset the effects A/C units have on the climate.

Maybe the scientists ought to first work on proving that energy use actually causes climate change.

We're still waiting for that one.

11 posted on 06/01/2016 10:56:11 AM PDT by Maceman
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; SJSAMPLE

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12 posted on 06/01/2016 10:56:37 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Set up a mega air conditioning plant and sell the coolant to individual buildings just like some large cities sell steam.


13 posted on 06/01/2016 10:56:38 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Actually AC use is one place that solar makes sense, since the extra electricity is needed at the same time that solar panels are producing peak electricity.


14 posted on 06/01/2016 10:57:33 AM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Leo DiCaprio vows to fly his jet around the globe several times to investigate!


15 posted on 06/01/2016 10:59:03 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: BenLurkin

Or...you and I will pay a 1000% ‘green’ tax on your new unit. Either way the little guy is screwed.


16 posted on 06/01/2016 11:04:14 AM PDT by Lent
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What they really want is to eliminate 3/4 of the humans on the planet. But they’ll start with the air conditioning.


17 posted on 06/01/2016 11:04:44 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump For America.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
...900,000 million in 2015 to roughly 1.6 million by 2030...

Numbers could use some editing. That's not an increase.
18 posted on 06/01/2016 11:06:22 AM PDT by Zarro (This tagline space available for rent)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

so what! Then you can go inside from the hot global warming to a nice cool AC.


19 posted on 06/01/2016 11:07:10 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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To: WKUHilltopper

“As the creep from NBC was writing this “report” in airconditioning.”

You’re totally right. His point is that people from India and Brazil should not have air conditioniong, but NBC reporters definitely should


20 posted on 06/01/2016 11:11:01 AM PDT by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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