Study measures air pollution increase attributable to air conditioning

When summer temperatures rise and people turn to their air conditioners to stay cool, something else also increases: air pollution.

A new study published Wednesday (May 3, 2017) in the journal Environmental Science & Technology shows that the electricity production associated with air conditioning causes emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide to increase by hundreds to thousands of metric tons, or 3 to 4 percent per degree Celsius (or 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit)....

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Ken Notes: Before we ban air conditioning, we should find ways to make money here, Heat pumps, geo thermal, solar production, better construction techniques, etc. These are all thing a job seeking economy could get behind. We need to craft the message, and I do not want to wait eight years to be correct...