In a country that has an AGING population due to advances in (face it) medical care, we have idiots who decry the ready availability of EVIL air conditioning.
Do these “do-gooding” idiots realize that it is the very ability to excape extremes of heat that enable thousands of elderly to just remain alive?
The LIBS would have us experience the catastrophic events of France a few summers ago, when a record heat was the cause of thousands of people (of all ages) dying in oven-like apartments that had no cooling devices. Hospitals and emergency stations were just overwhelmed.
Me, I’m clinging to my A/C. Guess I’m just selfish.
“The LIBS would have us experience the catastrophic events of France a few summers ago, when a record heat was the cause of thousands of people...”
Let’s not forget the liberal paradise of Chicago:
For three horribly sweltering days in the summer of 1995, Chicago endured the deadliest stretch of heat ever recorded in the United States. The death toll ultimately numbered an estimated 739. Most victims were elderly and infirm and lived in the city’s poorest neighborhoods...
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/July-2015/1995-Chicago-heat-wave/