Welcome to the world of personal air conditioning | As the climate warms, the rich will live in cool bubbles of comfort. The poor, not so much. (www.theclimatebrink.com)

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We’ve only had 1.3C of global average warming, but it’s enough to popularize the entire category of personal cooling devices. So when people say, “You won’t even notice 1C of global warming,” the market tells us that that’s absolute bullshit.

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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 months ago

I'm very very hesitant to believe in most online reviews; the product manufactures pay for a lot of them.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

Fair enough, but in my experience Techmoan has always been trustworthy in his reviews, he's not sponsored by the manufacturer.

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