How air conditioning could keep everyone cool without cooking the planet

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By Maddie StoneSep 1, 2020, 3:59 am234 pts
Last month, as a record heat wave roasted California, statewide energy consumption skyrocketed, forcing grid operators to issue rolling blackouts for the first time in nearly 20 years. The reason the grid was under so much strain? Millions upon millions of air conditioners were running full tilt. It was a stark…

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