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Utah Teens Invent Better Air Conditioner

Carl Youngblood writes "Two recent Utah high school graduates won the first-ever Ricoh Sustainable Development Award for inventing a better car air conditioner based on the Peltier effect. The peltier chips used in the device are more energy-efficient, last between 20 and 30 years, are solid-state, and don't harm the environment with ozone-depleting freon like today's car air conditioners."

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  1. Re:No more freon in cars by pallmall1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...well that and the insane amounts they have to spend on workers salaries and benefits when compared to the rest of the world.

    Maybe it's the cars they make?

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  2. Re:Hey shitehead... by fishbowl · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Humans do not adversely affect the environment? Is that your premise?

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