thoughts on air con

So once upon a time, we were told to save energy and the earth, by keeping our air conditioners to the low temperature of 24 degrees celcius. A temperature that did not require much energy from the air con, considering our room temperature was only 27/8 degrees.


Times have changed and our room temperature is now 32. It thus requires even more energy to keep the air conditioner at 24.


So today, we are told to save energy and the earth and keep our air conditioners to the low temperatures of 27 degrees celcius. Presumably of course a valiant yet reasonable/practical effort to stop global warming.


Now all those years we tried keeping our air conditioners at 24 degrees. And our room temperature was still rising. Could the fact that air conditioners are one of the greatest contributors to the green house effect have anything to do with this?


There is something horridly cyclical about this trend of avoidance. Something horidly ironic of our refusal to bite the bullet. I just know it is.