In this situation the only way to save the environment is to turn down the air conditioner.
The air conditioner gets turned down to the coolest setting AND you open the windows because you want some fresh air.
You pay for gas to run the water heater, and at the same time, you are paying for electricity to run the air conditioner.
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After talking to constituents, perhaps they will be keen on the idea that the heat of the sun, instead of making everybody sweat, could help power the air conditioner.
Not only did our compact car end up having power windows and locks, but it maneuvered easily with its zippy engine, and the air conditioner had no problems handling the Houston heat.
Little things like whether the air conditioner is on while you drive can affect mileage, and the way the EPA tests mileage is pretty different from the way most people drive their cars.
And the air conditioner was broken.
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As it stands, there's quite a bit of red tape to wade through before either option goes forward, but kicking back on a whizzing train sounds an awful lot better than staring at pavement and blasting the air conditioner for five or so hours.
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The meter on top of the dash showed that the hour-long, 13-mile pass through congested Brooklyn, running the air-conditioner the entire time and being aggressive on the throttle, drained the battery by about 20 percent.
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It was sultry in the basement, where the air-conditioner was at least ten years old, inefficient, and whined loudly.
Willis Carrier, meanwhile, created the modern air conditioner, liberating men from stifling heat.
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In an experience that parallels Hunt's, Clark once jumped under a table at dinner when the restaurant's air conditioner popped on suddenly.
Pieces of an air conditioner, the skeleton of a jukebox, molten bed frames, Christmas ornaments jutted from the ground.
The ability to swipe your finger across the car seat to tailor the settings of your radio, heater or air conditioner, or anything else, might help drivers keep their eyes on the road.
Somebody kind of messed up and let his or her air conditioner fall from the third-story window onto our roof, which led to a visit from the neighbors.
Let's have the SEC mandate a cost disclosure just like the efficiency sticker you get on an air conditioner.
Alas, the focus wasn't so much on beauty as on making a machine that shouts, "I am the most powerful, durable and efficient air conditioner in world history!"
The controller looked like a window-mounted air conditioner and could be programmed to run machines in different sequences without rewiring all those cabinets, a huge time-saver.
Husna felt that they had forgotten her, and she wanted to be forgotten, to stay here alone in these rooms, with their rush mats, their pieces of scavenged furniture, and an air-conditioner that almost kept the apartment cool, dribbling water onto the pavement below.
And all of a sudden your relatively old refrigerator or air conditioner doesn't work because the new operating system isn't backward-compatible with the systems in these devices.
Mr Rogers of Cinergy notes that it might also allow utilities to manage peak loads by, for example, turning down your residential air conditioner remotely while you are at the office, in return for a lower tariff.
There are still hundreds of millions of Chinese who want the keys to their first car, their first air-conditioner, even a fridge.
The problem, of course, is simply imagining what a beautiful air conditioner might look like.
"We then leave only one air conditioner on all day at 28 degrees because changing the temperature or switching it on and off uses more electricity, " she adds.
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As the crew of the lead Humvee in our section, we required a GPS tracking screen, and the only Humvee with a working GPS screen also had a broken air conditioner.
His air conditioner is 13 years old, 17% undersized and has the potential to only cool 0.8 homes efficiently.
He was tracking the electric current from each of his breakers to his various lights, his air conditioner, those types of things.
In Delhi, the national capital, a recent heat wave compelled the government to mandate early shuttering of stores and a ban on home air-conditioner use until after 9 p.m.
The lows are low: 20-bucks-a-night affairs with an air conditioner, dirty towels and roaches as roommates.
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