Air conditioning technology is the great missed opportunity in the fight against climate change
Published Date: 9/1/2020
Source: technologyreview.com
As record-breaking heat waves baked Californians last month, the collective strain of millions of air conditioners forced the state’s grid operators to plunge hundreds of thousands of households into darkness. The rolling blackouts offered just a small hint of what’s likely to come in California and far beyond. Growing populations, rising incomes, increasing urbanization, and…