Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environmental cost

Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by wildmusings on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @10:50PM (#17865095)

What justification is offered for reducing people’s quality of life like this?

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by mandelbrotwurst on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:48AM (#17866207)

Air conditioning uses large amounts of energy. This use has costs. Using it less reduces these costs.

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by loco5niner on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @12:42PM (#17869646)

Airbags have cost too. And big, fancy jets.

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by adrianratnapala on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @02:45AM (#17866189)

Virtue.

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by Letmesleep69 on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @07:24AM (#17867352)

Or possibly to fight the climate change that will cause millions or billions to need to move in the next century.

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Re:Air-conditioners do great good, but at a high environment... by ionised on Thursday August 30, 2018 @06:48AM (#17875604)

Climate change.

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