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Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World
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June 7, 2018
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August 1, 2018

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ambyr
I found the first few chapters of this frustratingly muddled and full of tangents, but hang in there and the writing grows more focused. Cox provides a fascinating look into how air conditioning impacts every aspect of modern life--and why this is a problem. He's weaker on the solutions front--there's a lot of good discussion about alternate technological means for air conditioning (and the footnotes go into even greater technical detail), but also an open acknowledgement that even the most effi ...more
Bitsy
Jul 03, 2018 marked it as to-read
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