Why are air conditioners bad for the environment?

Question

Why are air conditioners bad for the environment?

Answer 1

Air conditioners make it hotter outside as they make it cooler inside. The heat dumped outside can be 3 times as much as the amount removed from inside.

Then the power they used may be drawn from burning fossil fuels which again heats the environment.

The CO2  released when that fossil fuel is burned also traps heat via the greenhouse effect. This last is the largest problem.

Answer 2

air conditioners release florocarbons into the atmosphere altering the o zone by pulling down the o zone layer

Answer 3

* Air conditioners consume a large amount of electricity, which is usually powered by burning coal that releases greenhouse gases, causes acid rain, and has been mined in a way that isn't good for the environment.

* The refrigerant chemicals inside of air conditioners can destroy the ozone layer when released.

Answer 4

because they use a lot of electricity. also air conditioners made before the mid 1990s  may contain freon 12 as a refrigerant gas. this is a cfc that destroys the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere. for this reason there is world wide ban on its manufacture & use in air conditioners & refrigerators.