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The Deluded World of Air Conditioning.
Slate ^ | July 9 ,2015 | William Saletan

Posted on 07/09/2015 5:54:38 AM PDT by lbryce

Have you heard the news? Scientists have found a planet that can support life. Its atmosphere is too hot for year-round habitation, its gases impede breathing, and surface conditions are sometimes fatal. But by constructing a network of sealed facilities, tunnels, and vehicles, humans could survive on this planet for decades and perhaps even centuries.

The planet is called Earth.

Will Saletan writes about politics, science, technology, and other stuff for Slate. He’s the author of Bearing Right.

If you've seen this planet lately, you know what's going on: temperature records shattering, scores of Americans dead. By summer's end, the toll will be in the hundreds. It's not as bad as 2003, when a heat wave killed 30,000 people in Europe. But according to global-warming forecasts, within 40 years, every other summer will be like that one.

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


TOPICS: Weather
KEYWORDS: airconditioning
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To: lbryce

He missed a bet by failing to declare AC inherently racist.


21 posted on 07/09/2015 6:51:46 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: lbryce

Hispanics in the US having more kids on average than the ones in Mexico, especially the first generation immigrants.


22 posted on 07/09/2015 6:56:14 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: lbryce

Good morning!

I couldn’t live without AC. I lost mine for two weeks due to Hurricane Irene and spent most of the time living in the bathtub where it was still cool.

I was joking I wanted to get on a flight to Alaska. Someplace so cold I would freeze.

I’m one of those people who would rather be cold than hot. I could never live in a tropical place.

Maybe I should look for work as one of Santa’s elves.


23 posted on 07/09/2015 7:00:46 AM PDT by Gefn (Books, ice cream, FRiends,, Free Republic, and kitties. Things I'm grateful for.)
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To: rockrr

Well, it is. Even today, poor blacks sleep on thee fire escapes, in New York City


24 posted on 07/09/2015 7:04:04 AM PDT by lbryce (OBAMA:Misbegotten, GodForsaken, bastard offspring of Satan and Medusa)
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To: lbryce

It’s long past time to rise up and simply go all Robespierre on the leftists over at Slate.


25 posted on 07/09/2015 7:08:17 AM PDT by Lazamataz (no thank you)
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To: DH
We need to ban absolutely everything.

THEN things will be normal again.

26 posted on 07/09/2015 7:09:48 AM PDT by Lazamataz (no thank you)
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To: lbryce

How does this compare to the energy that’s used to heat homes in the winter?


27 posted on 07/09/2015 7:13:13 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: lbryce
It's not as bad as 2003, when a heat wave killed 30,000 people in Europe. But according to global-warming forecasts, within 40 years, every other summer will be like that one.

Weeding out the weak and stupid, improving the gene pool.

28 posted on 07/09/2015 7:21:15 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: lbryce

The air conditioner drove people indoors and away from their neighbors and outdoor activities... It made the front porch obsolete, almost..


29 posted on 07/09/2015 7:24:19 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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To: kennedy
Without air conditioning fewer productive Americans would have been able to flee the Democrat controlled tax and spend utopias of the Northeast for the conservative states of the South.

But too many lefty @$$hole$ are among their number. They take their unfortunate voting habits with them, and are ruining a lot of the South.

30 posted on 07/09/2015 7:24:31 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: lbryce
Air conditioning takes indoor heat and pushes it outdoors. To do this, it uses energy, which increases production of greenhouse gases, which warm the atmosphere.

We could build more nuke plants, to cool without adding "greenhouse gases", but these watermelons never recommend that.

I guess they're not really worried about CO2.

31 posted on 07/09/2015 7:50:32 AM PDT by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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To: lbryce

Yep, sheer idiocy.

Of course as a southerner I’d like to see air conditioning outlawed- because it attracts Yankees.
And all Americans would benefit if DC wasn’t air conditioned.


32 posted on 07/09/2015 7:56:29 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: ken5050

Oh yeah, these things never end. It’s part of “energy assistance” with heat assistance. It’s a mixed federal-state welfare program. Pays bills and buys ACs.


33 posted on 07/09/2015 7:59:28 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: lbryce
Virtually every liberal policy ends in more dead people. 2,000 dead so far this year in India from heat waves. 70,000 dead in Europe in 2003 from heat waves. 56,000 dead in Russian heat wave in 2010. By all means, let's remove the primary defense for these kinds of deaths, according to the CDC.

Overall, heat waves killed more people in the U.S. than any other extreme weather event, the CDC researchers reported.
Air conditioning is a useful tool to combat the extreme heat, but researchers found that many of the deceased in New York did not have a working air conditioner. Obesity was another common factor among those who died.
The researchers said that New York City should make an effort to prevent heat illness by making it easier to access air conditioning and by increasing awareness of heat-related dangers, risk factors and protective measures among those who are at a higher risk and their caregivers.
Older people and those with chronic diseases should be encouraged to stay hydrated and use air conditioning or stay in areas that are air conditioned. Caregivers should also stop by often to make sure that people potentially in danger are okay.

CBS News, AUG 9, 2013.

34 posted on 07/09/2015 8:12:59 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: minnesota_bound

If AC was outlawed, Slate Mag would cease to exist...

No AC, server farm overheats, computers blow up!


35 posted on 07/09/2015 6:44:22 PM PDT by __rvx86 (The time for civility among conservatives is long over. We must fight the Left on their level.)
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To: dfwgator

That’s certainly one of the reasons behind the “progressive” fervent desire to make electricity rates skyrocket via “carbon” regulations.


36 posted on 07/09/2015 6:49:13 PM PDT by nascarnation (Impeach, convict, deport)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
I've been a proponent of nuclear energy for years as the ultimate form of "green" energy. (There are people on this forum that are opposed to it...they could be trolls...)
37 posted on 07/09/2015 7:36:26 PM PDT by __rvx86 (The time for civility among conservatives is long over. We must fight the Left on their level.)
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