A larger Catch-22 with air conditioning is the argument between staying comfortable and healthy in a temperature-controlled environment versus the energy consumption and use of carbon-based fuels it takes to maintain those conditions
American author Joseph Heller (1923-1999) released her famous novel titled Catch-22 in 1961 when the U.S. was heading toward a nuclear confrontation with the former USSR. The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 was about a year away and people feared that the “Cold War” would soon get seriously hot. The term Catch-22 became a part of the vernacular and refers to “a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations.” Catch-22 in Heller’s novel anxious fighter pilots who tried to pass themselves off as deranged to avoid flying dangerous missions. The “catch” was that anyone trying to avoid combat duty could not possibly be deranged and thus was fit to fly the missions. Homeowners and dealers must often recognize care about the fighter pilots in Heller’s book when they are dealing with Catch-22 situations from residential or commercial Heating, Ventilation & A/C systems. The most common dilemma is the decision to replace an ancient inefficient component that uses ozone-destroying freon with a current Energy Star-approved system with eco-friendly puron refrigerant, and your energy bill will be lower, and you will get a hug from environmental activists, but the initial currency layout could wreck your family budget. A larger Catch-22 with air conditioning is the argument between staying comfortable and healthy in a temperature-controlled environment versus the energy consumption and use of carbon-based fuels it takes to maintain those conditions. A private homeowner can adjust the thermostat to save on fuel but that may not be possible in a large hotel or hospital catering to their guests. In 1962 Nikita Khrushchev and President John F… Kennedy managed to avoid a nuclear war, however new Heating, Ventilation & A/C technologies care about geothermal heat pumps and other innovations will be needed to put the Heating, Ventilation & A/C Catch-22 situations to rest.