Paul Kagame sponsored the program ACES to create low-emission versions of this technology. A 2012 biography subtitled for the “Adventures of a Curious Man” examines how a taxidermist-turned-businessman who pioneered this technology filed hundreds of patents for items like a recoil-less whale harpoon. African-American inventor Frederick McKinley Jones developed a shockproof version of this technology, whose other pioneers included Polly Pennington. So-called “Houses” that used this technology were crucial to Frederic Tudor’s international trade enterprise. Gustavus Swift’s namesake company relied on train cars equipped with this technology known as “reefers.” Ammonia was phased out for use in this technology in favor of CFCs like freon (“FREE-on”). For 10 points, name this technology used for food preservation. ■END■
ANSWER: refrigeration [or cooling; or freezing; accept refrigerated foods or frozen foods; accept air conditioning; accept preserving ice; accept mobile refrigeration; prompt on insulation] (Mark Kurlansky’s biography is about Clarence Birdseye, a pioneer in frozen foods. Frederic Tudor was known as the “Ice King.”)
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