Air Conditioners Help

Humanity Survive

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When people talk about survival tactics, air conditioners will be the last thing

anyone will talk about. But, once researchers looked at the numbers they

found that air conditioning units saved more people in the last half century

than any medical or survival tool in

existence. This is because it allowed the

human body to withstand environments

considered too hazardous for habitation

due to extreme heat.

A Cool Way of Living

According to numerous historical records,

the existence of air conditioners was

instrumental in facilitating an 80% drop in the likelihood of someone dying

because of extreme heat. It may be difficult to believe, but air conditioners

weren’t a common fixture in homes until after the sixties. Units weren’t

economical, and only businesses could afford to have them.

Several groups found a connection between seasons exceeding temperatures

of 32°C and an approximate total of 600 premature deaths annually

between 1900 and 2004. One sixth of the total number occurred under pre-

1960 conditions, which means the victims would have had access to air

conditioning technology if only it were available.

Academics found that that premature death because of the temperature

conditions between 1929 and 1959 was

around 2.5% more likely than it is in

contemporary conditions. Air

conditioning technology has made it

possible to reduce the chances of dying

because of heat to just around half a

percent. But even if air conditioning

technology has helped keep people alive

for all these years, experts only see

further expansion in its role especially in the developing world.

Getting Hotter for Longer

One of the more subtle effects of global warming is that it’s increasing the

number of days with temperatures exceeding 32°C. Countries near the

equator are bearing the brunt of that effect.

India, for example, is currently recording an

approximate of 33 days with extremely hot

temperatures. Climate projection models are

predicting that number can reach as much as

a hundred by the end of the century if there

are no significant changes to the variables.

This makes it important for manufacturers to develop technology that makes

more efficient use of power in delivering cooling and heating services.

SOURCES:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2192245

http://www.apexaircon.com.au/air-conditioner-repair

http://www.healthline.com/health/extreme-temperature-safety#Overview1