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Burj Khalifa
Burj Khalifa
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The United States consumes more electricity for cooling, each year, than the entire continent of Africa uses for all its energy purposes. (Source: Stan Cox. "Cooling a Warming Planet: A Global Air Conditioning Surge". Environment 360)
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After President Andrew Garfield was shot in 1881, naval engineers constructed an air conditioner consisting of a fan blowing air across box of cloths saturated with ice water to keep him comfortable. This lowered the temperature of a room by 20 degrees. The catch? It consumed half a million pounds of ice in two months time. (Source: Jones Jr., Malcolm. "Air Conditioning". Newsweek. Winter 1997 v130)
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The San Antonio Public Library's air conditioning system produces one gallon of condensation per minute during the summer months. The library recovers and uses this water to irrigate its garden.
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In what film does a hunter come across two-million dollars from a drug deal gone bad and hide it in an ac vent? Answer
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How much does the U.S. Military spend each year to provide air conditioning to soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq? (A) 5 Billion Dollars (B) 10 Billion Dollars (C) 15 Billion Dollars (D) 20 Billion Dollars Answer
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The air conditioning system for the Burj Khalifa (the tallest building in the world), produces approximately fifty-one million gallons of condensation each year, which is salvaged and pumped into an irrigation system.
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The United States uses as much energy for air conditioning than the rest of the world combined. (Source: Stan Cox. "Cooling a Warming Planet: A Global Air Conditioning Surge". Environment 360)
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When their dairy cows' milk production dropped during the Great Heatwave of 2015, Italian farmers air conditioned their animals' stalls.
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Their voracious appetite for electronics will drive Rasberry Ants (also known as Crazy Ants) to invade and devour the electronic components of air conditioning units.
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