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Utah Teens Invent Better Air Conditioner

Posted by samzenpus on from the stay-frosty dept.

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. First Post?! Shirley not! by jeaster · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yes, and stop calling me shirley!

  2. Re:No more freon in cars by EnronHaliburton2004 · · Score: -1, Troll

    No, A/C sucks because the major car manufacturers are too lame to figure out how to build good A/C without Freon. It's possible, they just won't do it.

    American auto manufacturers especially. They fail to innovate, and are going down the tubes. Nobody to blame but themselves, really.

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  3. Re:Freon isn't used in new cars! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i think your moms farts are greenhouse gasses at least they taste like it anyway

  4. Wikipedia Entry - Peltier Effect by Paracryptus · · Score: 0, Troll

    Did anyone actually look at the wikipedia link for peltier effect. Have a look :)

  5. ass lickers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ass lickers!!! lick my ass you dirty bastards!!! all of you!!!!