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It’s a vicious cycle. And it is even more vicious in cities, especially in older and poorer neighborhoods, where old, inefficient window air conditioners hang out of every building, sucking heat out of the interior but blowing it out into the street. In this sense, air-conditioning is not a cooling technology at all—it’s simply a tool for heat redistribution.
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
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