National Links: The Politics of Air Conditioning
Remember when air conditioning was a luxury for the well off? Few people under 50 do, in the climate-controlled United States. Is our current comfort compromising our future’s heat index?
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Chart of the Day: Share of New Homes with Central Air Conditioning, 1970 – Present
An evergreen chart here from the New York Times about a seasonal (in Minnesota anyway) amenity that has radically transformed our cities and homes for the better and for the worse. Here is the chart showing the trend in the Midwest and other regions of the US: I grew up in a house with central […]