Bloomberg News touts new green villain: Refrigeration! YOUR fridge ‘has wide-ranging climate implications’ using ‘more than 8% of global electricity..at a time when ice caps are melting’ – ‘You really don’t need to have a tomato in December…Just don’t do it’
Bloomberg Climate Reporter Akshat Rathi: "The US alone boasts around 5.5 billion cubic feet of refrigerated space. That’s like 150 Empire State buildings worth of freezers, and developing countries are starting to catch up...At a time when ice caps are melting faster than ever, the number of walk-in refrigerators is also expanding. This cold rush has huge implications for the planet. At a time when ice caps are melting faster than ever, the number of walk-in refrigerators is also expanding. This cold rush has huge implications for the planet."
Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves: "The power to run cooling equipment is more than 8% of global electricity usage right now...Like you really don’t need to have a tomato in December, it’s going to taste like nothing anyway, just don’t do it."
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Related:
Flashback: Time Mag warns your fridge is ‘wrecking global climate’! ‘How the Ice in Your Drink is Imperiling the Planet’
Warmist Kevin Anderson on his personal efforts to prevent CO2-induced bad weather: ‘I’ve done without a fridge for 12 years, but recently relented…I’ve cut back on washing and showering’
‘Sinister’ Technology: Big brother to switch off your fridge ‘without warning or consent’ — ‘Computer chips will take control of home appliances when energy is low’
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