Comments on: Smoke from Taylor Fire Spurs Health Concerns http://www.naztoday.com/news/local-news/2009/08/smoke-from-taylor-fire-spurs-health-concerns/ Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Judy http://www.naztoday.com/news/local-news/2009/08/smoke-from-taylor-fire-spurs-health-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Judy Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:21:41 +0000 http://www.naztoday.com/?p=4469#comment-280 The health community assumes everyone has air conditioning. Many of us in Flagstaff don't, including a lot of NAU students. So then, what does one do to be able to breathe? Are there alternatives? If everyone gets air conditioning - assuming they can afford to do that - the units will increase the heat bubble around Flagstaff and increase power usage during the summer by large factors. Heat bubbles desiccate forests. Global warming is impacted by such decisions. [Refrigeration in general is a big user of energy, contributes to the ozone hole, and pumps heat into the atmosphere. ...details might make a good follow-up story.] The health community assumes everyone has air conditioning. Many of us in Flagstaff don’t, including a lot of NAU students. So then, what does one do to be able to breathe? Are there alternatives?

If everyone gets air conditioning – assuming they can afford to do that – the units will increase the heat bubble around Flagstaff and increase power usage during the summer by large factors. Heat bubbles desiccate forests. Global warming is impacted by such decisions. [Refrigeration in general is a big user of energy, contributes to the ozone hole, and pumps heat into the atmosphere. ...details might make a good follow-up story.]

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