Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How Air Conditioning Changed Everything
Most of us here in southern California can’t imagine living without air conditioning, but it took a long time to sell America on the idea. We take a look at the long prehistory of air conditioning and the contraptions people created to cope with the heat before Freon.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readMost of us here in southern California can’t imagine living without air conditioning, but it took a long time to sell America on the idea. We take a look at the long prehistory of air conditioning and the contraptions people created to cope with the heat before Freon.
