14 DAY TRIAL // As average global temperatures continue to rise, people seem to have no choice but to use air-conditioning units to cool off their homes and working places.
However, resorting to modern cooling off technology has been proven to accelerate climate change and global warming.
The explanation is quite simple and not at all difficult to infer: air conditioning runs on electricity, which more often than not is generated using energy sources causing greenhouse gases to be released into the atmosphere.
Therefore, the more our society cools off in this manner, the more our environment has to suffer.
In the end, both climate change and global warming are fueled by our very desire to no longer experience their effects. Yale Environment informs us that the US is presently a world leader when it comes to turning air conditioning units on and allowing them to run uninterrupted for significant periods of time.
Official reports indicate that, up until now, this particular country has used more energy to bring down indoor temperatures than all other nations combined.
Come to think about, it is only logical that this should be so, seeing how throughout the past few years intense heat waves have taken their toll on most American states.
As well as this, unlike undeveloped countries, the US can actually afford to invest such significant resources in keeping air conditioning units switched on for as long as it takes for its citizens to feel comfortable temperature wise.
The interesting news is that, if things continue to unfold in this manner, Japan will soon take its place and become the world's biggest user of electricity for air-conditioning.
According to the same source, it is possible that these ever-increasing demands for electricity will lead to nations worldwide having to once again turn towards easily-available energy source such as nuclear power and fossil fuels.
It is not difficult to guess that modern society and its present days' cooling off methods are already part of a vicious circle that is quite likely to severely impact both on the natural world and on our own well-being.