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Actually it is possible to have some kind of really eco friendly air conditioning and it has been invented (a thousand years ago?) in Iran. It is called "Badgir
by geff82 7y ago
Actually it is possible to have some kind of really eco friendly air conditioning and it has been invented (a thousand years ago?) in Iran. It is called "Badgir" and it is a pity that their invention has not been much more adapted by modern society (Iranians themselves do not built new ones.... what a pity): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher
- jdietrich 7y agoPrior to air conditioning, many American buildings were similarly designed for natural cooling. Air conditioning has allowed for a style of architecture that's inherently inefficient. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/keepin-it-cool-how-the-air-conditioner-made-modern-america/241892/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/07/keepi...
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> Air conditioning has allowed for a style of architecture that's inherently inefficient. While this is true, it's also true that air conditioning has allowed for settlement in places that were basically unlivable before, like much of the American South. You can only go so far with clever architecture.
- DocTomoe 7y agoOh please, unliveable? People have lived in the mediterranean area, in Egypt and the Arabian peninsular, in the jungles of Indochina, in the Amazon basin, long before air conditioning was even a thing.