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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."
We care, because... ?
I guess Mormans dont like lots of people coming unannounced. Well at least they dont have to answer the door to turn away every http request.
There is truth in humor.
I thought Utah was governed by the Christian equivalent of the Taliban?
...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?
3 things about computers: they're alive, they're self-aware, and they hate your guts.
Humans do not adversely affect the environment? Is that your premise?
-fb Everything not expressly forbidden is now mandatory.
Can you name any innovations from the American car industry in the last 20 years?
That was classic intercourse!
Buy a Honda. I live in DC, and it's the typical DC July weather (i.e., a swamp). Yet my 2004 Honda's AC keeps me coo-o-o-o-o-o-l.