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)
________
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)
________
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.
________
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
________
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
________
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.
________
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)
________
When their dairy cows' milk production dropped during the Great Heatwave of 2015, Italian farmers air conditioned their animals' stalls.
________
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.
________
