"Amid a growing number of heat waves, air conditioners have become a lifeline. Because these appliances are critical to keeping people cool - and protecting them from dangerously hot weather - the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that there may be more than 5 billion air conditioners across the planet by 2050. The problem is that while air conditioners do keep people safe, they're also a major contributor to climate change.

So why not rethink the AC entirely?"

By Rebecca Heilweil
The search for an AC that doesn't destroy the planet
The AC is about a century old. What comes next?

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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

by design, that is not the way Dr. John Gorrie & the government want for you. Continue,

Costco is selling small, medium and large medium heat pumps for $1300 t0 2K. I put a four ton unit in my house and took the old one out of the attic for 17K. I could have done the house with three heat pumps for 6K and saved tons on electricity.

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"One of the reasons why propaganda tries to get you to hate government is because it's the one existing institution in which people can participate to some extent and constrain tyrannical unaccountable power." Noam Chomsky.

Try a minisplit system. Definitely more energy efficient, and I think do a better job dehumidifying than conventional. They are a little more expensive but coming down compared to few years ago.