check this one out. you have to subscribe to new york times to read it. its free.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/16/garden/16FRID.html

this world is fucking nuts. while the poles melt, we are freezing more in our refrigerators. suv sized refrigerators for suv sized people.

i bled two years (masters research) trying to increase the efficiency of supermarket cooling systems. got a 5 to 10 percent improvement over existing values. nice. what to do with the increased efficiency. build bigger (-: good thing i moved to other things with absolutely no real-life applications!!!