TECH TALK: As climate warms, Nostromo Energy fights back with ice

One of the major takeaways from the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is that many of climate change’s effects can no longer be reversed, serving as a sobering wake-up call for policymakers and power players that the time to act was yesterday. As climate change amps up the heat, the global demand for air conditioning and refrigeration will continue to rise, especially as developing nations become developed and standards of living improve. The cruel irony, however, is that more cooling leads to more warming, both from the refrigerant chemicals the cooling machinery uses and the electricity it consumes. Read more