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A new cooling technology freezes food without warming the climate
(www.anthropocenemagazine.org)
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2026
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Cool, but I'm always a bit dubious by these statements.
I mean, I know cooling is important and making the process more efficient will make things better. But the reason why most of that food is thrown away is not lack of refrigeration, cheaper refrigeration will not solve that problem.
cheaper refrigeration would DEFINITELY help this problem. the big issue with food waste is food spoils so quickly (especially produce and meat), so it makes more sense to toss it than try to find a big enough space that's REFRIGERATED because the food is usually free, no one wants to spend thousands preserving it. cheaper refrigeration would absolutely improve this scenario.
Refrigeration already is cheap. The problem a lot of places have is not an inability to afford a refrigerator it's no energy to power the refrigerator. This technology does not into address that problem. In fact it probably worsens it because this technology is less efficient in terms of power consumption.
Also I would love to live in the world where you live because over here food costs money. It isn't free.
I think "cheaper refrigerators" is an oversimplification. People without access to a functional refrigerator often have bigger problems than a mere absence of a single appliance.
But the energy savings is a big deal. We're not just talking about food refrigeration but AC, which is a much bigger deal especially as we suffer a warning planet
I agree, but that has little to do with food waste.
Moreover, I doubt this is more efficient than traditional refrigeration. But I'd be happy to be wrong on this.
Exactly