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Richard Branson Launches $3M Challenge to Reinvent the Air Conditioner

posted by martyb on Tuesday December 04 2018, @12:32AM   
from the cool-idea dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Richard Branson (who asked for UK taxpayer money to repair his private island after hurricane Irma) Has set a climate change challenge:

As the world continues to warm, you can expect more and more folks to be turning to air conditioners to keep their living environments cool and comfortable. And in that sense, this energy-intensive technology will do plenty to exacerbate the very problem it is designed to solve. The Global Cooling Prize is a competition to help stop runaway climate change, by dangling US$3 million in prize money for the development of more energy-efficient cooling solutions.

The Global Cooling Prize is backed by the Indian government among other partners, with Richard Branson taking on the ambassadorial duties.

$3M could keep this site running for some time -- go team SoylentNews!

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Original Submission

• Re:Offtopic, but watevs (Score: 3, Informative) by VanessaE on Tuesday December 04 2018, @01:38AM

  by VanessaE (3396) <vanessa.e.dannenberg@gmail.com> on Tuesday December 04 2018, @01:38AM (#769378) Journal

  Unless the hot air coming from that vent exceeds about 220°C, you're not going to melt the TV's casing (which is most likely ABS). If it IS that hot, fix your furnace. The hot air won't do the electronics any good, in any case.

  So, buy some sheet metal and rig up a simple duct to aim the hot air up or sideways. Or fire up your 3D printer and make one.

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