The video
Air Conditioner Reading
Innovative Solutions
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What is renewable energy?

Energy that comes from sources that don't run out.

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Are air conditioners efficient or inefficient?

They are inefficient. They require a lot of power to run

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Is it more efficient to cool a building or a person?

It is more efficient to cool an individual person.
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What is the major drawback of sun and wind energy?

They are intermittent 
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What is the other major drawback of air conditioners?

The freon gas traps heat from the sun when it gets into the environment

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What are the benefits of bubble barriers?

They make it easy to remove plastic waste by pushing it to the side and they do not harm local wildlife like fish.

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How much energy currently comes from fossil fuels?

80%

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Were conditioners popular when they were invented, or did it take time for them to become popular?

It took more than 30 years for air conditioners to become popular.
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Why will climate change continue even if we find ways to store renewable energy and make cooling and heating more environmentally friendly?

Because there will still be CO2 in the atmosphere. In order to fight climate change we also need to find ways to remove the CO2
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What are the types of renewable energy?

wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass

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Why do many new inventions cause problems?

Because the inventors are trying to overcome an immediate challenge. They aren't thinking about the future.

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Is the tone of the reading hopeful or sad?

It is hopeful. The last paragraph mentions that there is every reason to hope that the climate crisis will become a climate celebration.
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What are the main benefits of renewable energy?

  • Combat climate change – no direct greenhouse emissions
  • Reduce pollution
  • It is reliable
  • Stable prices
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What is the writer's solution to new technologies that cause problems?

The seventh-generation principle?

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What does this quote mean? 

The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it."

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