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Title: Air Conditioner (AC) a status symbol for middle-class Indians
Post by: Grenade Singh on June 21, 2012, 11:40:18 PM
Ajj (June 21, 2012) nu New York Times newspaper vich India di khabar frontpage te shappiyo si. Eh layo article:

(http://images.desishock.com/out.php/i9532_CoolantarticleLarge.jpg) (http://images.desishock.com/show.php/9532_CoolantarticleLarge.jpg.html)


Relief in Every Window, but Global Worry Too
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL and ANDREW W. LEHREN
In the ramshackle apartment blocks and sooty concrete homes that line the dusty roads of urban India, there is a new status symbol on proud display. An air-conditioner has become a sign of middle-class status in developing nations, a must-have dowry item.

It is cheaper than a car, and arguably more life-changing in steamy regions, where cooling can make it easier for a child to study or a worker to sleep.

But as air-conditioners sprout from windows and storefronts across the world, scientists are becoming increasingly alarmed about the impact of the gases on which they run. All are potent agents of global warming.

Air-conditioning sales are growing 20 percent a year in China and India, as middle classes grow, units become more affordable and temperatures rise with climate change. The potential cooling demands of upwardly mobile Mumbai, India, alone have been estimated to be a quarter of those of the United States.

source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/asia/global-demand-for-air-conditioning-forces-tough-environmental-choices.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/asia/global-demand-for-air-conditioning-forces-tough-environmental-choices.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&pagewanted=print)
Title: Re: Air Conditioner (AC) a status symbol for middle-class Indians
Post by: ਕਰਮਵੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ on June 21, 2012, 11:54:46 PM
Bilkul ji ida keh sakde k ac v india ch status symbol aa

Poore ghar te jinna marzi khrcha ho jave bt charcha ac da hona yaar ac v luaye aa kothi ch :D:
Title: Re: Air Conditioner (AC) a status symbol for middle-class Indians
Post by: Grenade Singh on June 22, 2012, 12:07:03 AM
Bilkul ji ida keh sakde k ac v india ch status symbol aa

Poore ghar te jinna marzi khrcha ho jave bt charcha ac da hona yaar ac v luaye aa kothi ch :D:

To answer your question from PJ Facebook. Yes, air conditioner are regulated to have low impact (as stated in the article) due to the a shared treaty, but still they harm the ozone layer, which in turn is thought to cause global warming and other ill-effects.
Title: Re: Air Conditioner (AC) a status symbol for middle-class Indians
Post by: RA JA (B@TTH) on June 22, 2012, 02:06:43 AM
22 ji eh ta sochn wali gal aa...par sirf sochn nal kuj nhi huna.......is lyi kuj karna v paina aaaa
Title: Re: Air Conditioner (AC) a status symbol for middle-class Indians
Post by: ҂ ȿḉặᵰɗἷἧäѷїѧҋ↔ᶀɍǐȶĩṧӊ ₰ on June 22, 2012, 04:33:58 AM
We need heaters here