PV Gap

Miriam Said:

How many solar powered air conditioners will it take to cool the planet?

We Answered:

The air conditioners will put out more waste heat than the amount of heat they remove so it actually isn't workable unless you can find somewhere other than Earth to put the waste heat.

I'm afraid that if you want to cool the planet down you're just going to have to reduce the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere (and in the meantime stop emitting so much from coal burning when you've already got well developed fission technology).

Mridul: Air conditioners which use CFC's aren't being made any more, we've pretty much phased out use of those.