Posted on 11/26/2018 6:17:58 AM PST by rktman
Wid = world.
After all, he claimed that people lived just fine without air conditioning before its invention. And he felt comfortable in the summer without it.
Hidden in the small print was the fact that he lived in Connecticut. Not exactly the hot spot in the nation.
Years ago, when I was in the mortgage banking business, I used to read the Wall Street Journal. Their front page center column was usually a general interest story loosely tied to economics.
I remember reading one that explained how the city of Houston, Texas would not have developed into such a large metropolitan area had it not been for the invention of air conditioning. Houston was so insufferable in the heat and humidity of the south, that people would not live there in any significant numbers.
And I'm from Arizona myself. So I laughed at the column on eliminating air conditioning as a way to "save the planet".
Apparently the NY Slimes liberal columnist had never been to Arizona or Houston in the summertime to live or work. If he had, he'd have been crying for his mommy to turn on the air conditioning so he wouldn't die of heat stroke.
‘I dropped a duece... In San Fransisco...’
The are many things one can do in daily life that will lower one’s utility bills.
Can’t say I’ve ever thrown plastic in the ocean or waterway.
We changed out to those expensive energy saving light bulbs and our electricity usage has gone up. Go figure.
Throw on another steak, we’re low carbing. But am growing my own lettuce that won’t be used to wipe illegals’ butts.
Proud to say I’ve NEVER bought a starbucks in their ugly cups. Who has the money to waste on drive thru coffee and soft drinks three times a day? No, I don’t buy bottled water as our well water is tasty. I also thought paper grocery bags were supposed to be a big no-no and that’s why everyone was forced into using plastic.
We were forced by the building codes to use low flow toilets and showers. Not fun. Takes more than one flush to, well, you know. Showers are not fun when you’re running around to find that little spurt of water. One day, when I’m a millionaire, I’ll change all those to super duper fast flow with multiple shower heads and buy a big fancy dishwasher and have a nice green well watered lawn.
Eat veal so the cows don’t have a chance to grow up enough to inject too much flatulence into the atmosphere....
Most of Florida was not heavily populated prior to air-conditioning. It was too hot, too buggy and too stormy.
Yes, they had hurricanes before AC and SUV’s were invented
Great post. This part is worth saving, for sure.
And, of course, it's a given that the liberal elites would not have to do without....just the common folk.
I live in north central Florida which can get insufferable in the summer. But when it gets unbearably bad, I can still go inside the house and cool off in the air conditioning. Can't imagine living further south where the heat and humidity index is even worse.
I'm from Arizona, which can get really hot. But it's a "dry " heat and much more comfortable than Florida. Florida is far worse because of the humidity and accompanying bugs.
When I first moved here, I read an excellent book, A Land Remembered by Patrick Smith, which chronicles three generations of the MacIvey family who developed and civilized Florida. They rose from dirt-poor "Crackers" to wealthy real estate tycoons.
They battled the hardships of frontier Florida before the development of roads, towns and conveniences. I can't imagine living in the wilds of Florida with all of the critters, bugs and humidity with nowhere to escape to. No electricity. No plumbing. No screens on the windows. No conveniences to make life bearable in this climate. I do not know how folks survived.
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