2010June29: Air-conditioning accounts for about 20% of annual electricity consumption by U.S. homes and 13% by the U.S. commercial sector (UTNE Reader).
Reference: UTNE Reader http://www.utne.com/Wild-Green/Air-Conditioning-Cooling-People-While-Heating-the-World.aspx
Note: The statistics, which appear in the UTNE Reader article, are from “Losing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer)” by Stan Cox http://www.thenewpress.com/index.php?option=com_title&task=view_title&metaproductid=1784
Image Description: Uptown New Orleans. Residence on Annunciation Street. Photo by Infrogmation, 2010Jan5. Image Location Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AnnunciationToledanoDownLakeAwningAirConditioner.jpg
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