[Oldeconomybuyer]

insert Goebbels pic here

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many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, it didn’t exist

When you open your article by telling me you assume your readers are stupid, I realize this article isn’t for me.

I’ll go read something intended for smart people.

[Joe Brower]

I’m willing to bet that this guy had his AC running full-on the entire time he was writing this article.

[T.B. Yoits]

Unfortunately for many, especially on the East Coast, their homes were built long before air conditioning and the cost to retrofit them is too high to justify. It's not just the electrical power and duct work, it's also the necessary vapor barriers.

There's something to be said for designing a house to be replaced every 30-40 years.

-Three prong wiring
-GFCI circuits
-true 220v service (instead of doubled 110v from the pole)
-More than one or two electrical outlets per room
-Wired backup generator
-Vinyl or aluminum framed windows
-Tempered glass panes
-multiple bathrooms
-foam insulation
-vapor barriers
-modern HVAC
--including radiant floor heating and cooling
-Garages in front instead of behind the house
-Cat 5 network cables wired throughout
-wired security systems
-etc.

[Dr. Sivana]

Indeed, it wasn’t so long ago that the air inside our buildings and the air outside of them were one and the same, with occupants powerless against their environment.

That is an extremely ignorant statement. Besides being able to heat the indoors with fireplaces, etc., places with extremely hot climates have found many ways to make the inside cooler compared to the outside. From the creative use of man made shade and shutters in the old South to old buildings in Tucson with stone walls so thick that the heat gets absorbed, etc., man has been able to mitigate the effects of cold for millennia and the effects of too much heat for centuries.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well here goes AC. Sweat to death in southern summers back on the menu. 😣

[Vision]

Yahoo...you’re not that smart.

[Rebelbase]

I invite Danny Crichton to write another article about this after spending a summer in the deep, humid South without AC.

[Deplorable American1776]

Sorry, but you can prey A/C out of my cold dead hands!! A/C in Florida caused Florida to boom... It would still be a swamp mostly...

[NetAddicted]

Wilson is a moron. I’m guessing the cost of AC is why it took so long to be accepted.

[Impala64ssa]

When lived in daBronx before we moved to Rockland County we’d spend summers in the Catskills. The area went into decline by the 70’s. When they demolished the Concord resort about 15 yrs ago there were rumors Donald Trump was going to negotiate with the Mohawks to build a new resort and casino there and enter into a joint venture with the nearby Monticello Raceway but that never materialized. The seasoned citizens who lived there all their lives would say air conditioning killed the Catskills.

[pghbjugop]

A/C is one of those proofs that God loves us. Felt that way for 40 years before moving to Fl.

[jmacusa]

Try running a hospital without AC. People who advocate stuff like this ought to be tossed off bridges.