Kühlschränke sind wirklich verdammt gut geworden. Danke, Jimmy Carter. Die unterschätzte Art und Weise, wie Energieeffizienz das Leben verbessert und Klimafortschritte ermöglicht hat.

A lot to always thank Jimmy Carter for.

Thanks for the clean water, Nixon.

See how dumb that sounds.

Meanwhile the right has been trying to pass laws making it illegal to require higher efficiency appliances like A.C. There was a whole fleet of grandstanding bills from different reps, each about a single appliance.

Except my last 2 refrigerators lasted about 3 years each.  Meanwhile my family in Chile still has the same refrigerator from the 1960s and it keeps everything dry so produce lasts.

I really like the way he communicated his politics…

> “In fact, it is the most painless and immediate way of rebuilding our nation’s strength. Every gallon of oil each one of us saves is a new form of production. It gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives.”