flashmedallion t1_iuc371o wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:46 AM

Reply to comment by Silver_gobo in Joe Biden just signed the Kigali Amendment, an international climate treaty that phases out HFC pollutants by eddytony96

Aircon isn't exactly a solution though, it's a painkiller until we can turn things around

Silver_gobo t1_iuc3otn wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:52 AM

You know most of the southwest is what it is today because of air conditioning, right? Without it, people would’ve never built there in mass.

“Southern California and parts of the American Southwest exist as they do today — populous and prosperous — principally because AC made them OK”

Point being, there was already places in North America that we didn’t want to live in without aircon. Just wait till climate change worsens and having aircon in your house is only for the rich

flashmedallion t1_iuc48i9 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:58 AM

What does that have to do with anything? Most places are what they are because of fossil fuels too. Keeping the AC running isn't a goal, it's a side benefit of getting things right to the point where we can buffer our comforts sustainably.

lowgreentent t1_iucnqkr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 9:21 AM

Southwest has no water either. People need to live somewhere else.