http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026984449Oh my.
The gouty primitive, the old guy with the bought wife, although whatever she cost him, she's probably worth it.
GoneOffShore (11,985 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2015, 08:47 PM
A thought experiment: Stop using air-conditioning
except in hospitals, airplanes and old folks homes.
Let's add public transport because of the odor factor.
But automobiles would no longer have A/C. The rest of us just have to suck it up.
Initially, this would mean that Las Vegas, Dubai, etc, revert to the actual deserts that they are as opposed to the virtual deserts that they are.
Please discuss.
Too many primitive comments to copy and paste, so only a few, selected at random:
Warpy (83,651 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2015, 09:51 PM
57. Some parts of this country are steam baths
and they pretty much need AC, if only to dry out.
I live in an arid climate over a mile up. I haven't set up my evaporative cooler for two years now, the occasional day has been bad but not too many of them. Going around with wet hair and a wet towel around my neck has worked just fine.
Honestly, the only way I could survive Houston without AC is with a super insulated house and multiple dehumidifiers and if I was going to do that, I might as well just put in the AC.
I wouldn't need it in the car if the cheapass bastards hadn't taken the side vents away from us. That single side window that doesn't direct the air flow is what causes us to need AC in the cars.
Cleita (73,270 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2015, 09:04 PM
13. No thanks. I lived in the San Bernardino valley before there
was air conditioning anywhere except in the movie houses. My mother and I used to go to the matinees in the summer to cool off from 100+ degree heat. Even though there were some ways of cooling off (I used to fill the bath with cold water and go soak in it), air conditioning is a great invention although I don't have it now because I live on the coast that seldom has too many too hot to stand days in the summer.
madamesilverspurs (8,889 posts) Fri Jul 17, 2015, 09:37 PM
39. AC is good for my health.
However, my air conditioner has remained unplugged for years. My doctor reminds me that my breathing would be easier with it. I remind him that, unless he's willing to pay for it, it stays unplugged. Such is reality for seniors and others on small fixed incomes. There really are those for whom a simple health-bringing comfort falls into the category of out-of-reach luxury.
^^^been riding first-class on the disability gravy train since 1992.
Many of the primitives quoted temperatures and heat indexes from where they're at; none of them came even close to what it's like here in Nebraska. Wimps.
