Ironically, air conditioning could be the thing fueling future global warming

6:32 p.m. EDT May 20, 2015

There's a memorable episode of Comedy Central's Broad City in which our spunky (and in this instance, sweaty) protagonists Abby and Ilana go to great lengths to track down an air conditioning unit, traversing a sweltering New York City with schemes including sneaking into a NYU dorm and seducing college students to steal a window unit.

Maybe you haven't seen the show, but the message is universal: There is nothing more luxurious than being cold when it's hot outside. Air conditioning rules. It's what makes America, America. Dare we say it's worth compromising our morals for?

But like most things that make us happy, air conditioning comes with a big price. At a time where countries need to decrease their emissions of greenhouse gasses to combat our continuously heating globe, AC is on the precipice of becoming the world's big, global, chilly nemesis. .... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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