Global Warming is a serious problem, and requires all of us to do our part by lowering our carbon footprints. One of the largest contributors to excess energy waste is air conditioning. Due to the imprecise nature of the metric system, specifically the unit of temperature, Celsius, millions of tons of excess CO2 are emitted each year.
Let's look at some facts: if the ambient temperature is 80F, cooling a room to 72F uses 3% less energy than cooling the same room to 22C. Likewise, cooling that same room to 70F uses 1% less energy than if it were 21C. In some cases, that number may approach 5%.
Air conditioning is approximately 13% of global energy use, creating 2 billion tons of CO2 every year. By embracing Fahrenheit, we can effortless reduce that number significantly: If we assume a 3% savings, ditching Celsius will save nearly 60 million tons of CO2 emissions per year.
I understand this is a change for many, but we have to make a choice: Celsius or the planet. There's only one right answer.
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