Air conditioning is not cool

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Air conditioning technology was considered revolutionary in the 20th century, but over the years, it’s proven to be devastating for the environment. Today, Recode’s Adam Clark Estes is joined by Eric Dean Wilson (@ericdeanwilson), the author behind After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort, to discuss how to rethink cooling in America. References: More on Eric’s book here Read Rebecca Leber’s Vox story here Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) Producer: Alan Rodriguez Espinoza (@ardzes) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.8	It's Rico Daily.
0:43.8	I'm Adam Clark-Estis.
0:44.8	Today, we're here with Eric Dean Wilson, the author of the new book After Cooling on
0:49.7	Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort.
0:53.7	And Eric, you argue that one of the most helpful things our generation can rally around and
0:58.3	do to fight climate change is reconsider our relationship with our air conditioners?
1:04.2	That's right.
1:05.2	Or rather, the book looks at air conditioning as a way to reconsider our relationship with
1:09.8	comfort and therefore with each other.
1:13.1	And the chief way that I look at throughout the book is to focus on air conditioning.
1:18.2	So what are some of the impacts of AC that we don't see or recognize?
1:26.2	Everything heats the planet, ironically, in two ways.
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