WASHINGTON: They are ubiquitous in the United States, controversial in Europe and coveted in South Asia. As heatwaves intensify across the world, air-conditioning has taken centre stage. For better or for worse, these power-hungry appliances are among the most common adaptations to a warming world. They ha
The number of air-conditioners in the world, about two billion today, is set to skyrocket as temperatures and incomes rise.
But such an increase in electricity consumption would be equivalent to the current total annual production of a country like Norway. Air-conditioners also generally use fluorocarbon gases as refrigerants, which have a warming power thousands of times greater than CO2 when they escape into the atmosphere.
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