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As yet another heat wave hits Europe, access to air conditioning (AC) on the continent is no longer a luxury but a necessity for peoples’ health and safety. But adding millions more conventional ACs would be costly and would lead to major increases in electricity demand and emissions, not to mention the climate impacts of refrigerants themselves. RMI’s Lindsay Rasmussen spoke with WIRED about the potential for next-generation cooling technologies, including solid-state systems that could eliminate the need for conventional refrigerants altogether. While these emerging technologies show promise, Rasmussen emphasizes that bringing them to scale will depend on having the right capital, partnerships, manufacturing capacity, and industry players in place. 💡Read more in WIRED: https://ow.ly/8iX050Zz6BF