The Race to Keep Cool in a Fast-Warming World
In this episode of Getting Warmer, Kal Penn explores both old and new technologies being employed to help people endure rising temperatures.
Getting Warmer With Kal Penn—Episode 6: How We Stay Cool
The world is getting hotter as every year passes. Rising incomes across the Global South and elsewhere mean more people can afford—and are understandably demanding—air conditioning. One problem with that though is A/C sends large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, perpetuating the cycle of warming.
Making the situation even worse is that in the coming decades temperatures will rise so high that some regions will become unlivable—including a few states in the middle of the US. Faced with this future, how then will humans stay cool?