Can We Solve the Air Conditioning Paradox?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGQDGR1FFk
Answer the questions.
What is the air conditioning paradox?
When, where and why was the air conditioned village set up?
What were the findings of the experiment?
How did our ancestors try to cool their buildings?
What principle is modern air conditioning based on? How does it work?
What are the two reasons why they are environmentally unsustainable?
What refrigerant was used until the late 1980s and what is being used now? Has its
environmental impact improved much?
What are the drawbacks of possible alternative refrigerants?
What are caloric materials and how are they related to the cooling process?
How else could we cool our buildings?
Find some statistics (both American and international) about the prevalence and energy
consumption of AC.
What information was given about the yearly temperature of Austin, Texas?

Find the context of the following words in the video.

catch on
triple
harness
wrinkle
outfit
skyline
bonds
jiggle
soar
strain
unleash
flammability
depletion
tangled up
jumble up
infancy
Fill in the gaps from the word bank.

Organizations need to ______________ the skills and knowledge of people who are retired
or unemployed.

The events of the last few weeks are all ____________________ in my mind.

We tend to embrace new technology, because of the possibilities it __________________ in

our imagination, and ask questions later about how it affects our lives.

The award provides funds to ____________ labs and pay for other start-up expenses.

Carbon atoms can form __________ not only with themselves but with the atoms of oxygen
and nitrogen.

Increased expenditure has caused a __________________ in capital.

Everywhere a new spirit is alive—a new confidence, with factories humming, new businesses
starting up, busy cranes dotting the ______________.

Online trading has been slow to ________________ in this part of the country.

He got to his feet and began to wade towards the shore, pressing his toes into the firm,
________________ sand.

The hurricane put such a ____________ on the bridge that it collapsed.

The park rangers thought that the recent showers had done little to reduce the
________________________ of the grasslands.

Flexible working in most of primary health care remains ____________________________.

Word Bank
1. jumbled up
2. catch on
3. in its infancy
4. bonds
5. strain
6. outfit
7. flammability
8. skyline
9. harness
10. unleashes
11. wrinkled
12. depletion