Can We Solve the Air Conditioning Paradox?

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We’re on PATREON! Join the community www.patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ As the Earth warms due to human-caused climate change, billions of people in the developing world will face life-threatening heat waves, raising the demand for air conditioning. But powering all of that cooling is going to take more energy, which will require burning more fossil fuels! Are there new air conditioning technologies on the horizon that could solve this paradox? Aerial photography by Jeff Arnold Written by Eli Kintisch and Joe Hanson SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► bit.ly/iotbs_sub ----------- High fives to all our Brain Trust Patrons: Millennial Glacier paul andre bouis Mark Littlehale Ali Freiburger Mehdi Damou Barbora Bei Burt Humburg dani bowman David Johnston Salih Arslan Baerbel Winkler Robert Young Eric Meer Dustin Karen Haskell Join us on Patreon! patreon.com/itsokaytobesmart Twitter www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram www.instagram.com/DrJoeHanson www.instagram.com/okaytobesmart Merch store.dftba.com/collections/its-okay-to-be-smart Facebook www.facebook.com/itsokaytobesmartpbs/ This episode of Be Smart is licensed exclusively to YouTube.

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