"The comfort air-conditioning gives us inside is predicated on the worsening instability of the climate outside." This highlights the paradoxical relationship between our reliance on AC and climate change.
"The more we use the thing that helps us cope with heat, the hotter it will get." This statement underscores the cyclical nature of air-conditioning usage and its environmental impact.
In some of the fastest-growing major metro areas in the U.S., like Las Vegas, the nights are rapidly getting hotter, driving demand for even more air-conditioning.
It's become so widespread as to be unremarkable, an assumed feature of every interior environment, yet its effects contribute to the escalating climate crisis.
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