My first thought on this is that she should spread awareness at the Washington Post and advocate, nay, demand that the WP do away with their AC at their corporate building. My second thought is that I’m amused that this sciencey missive is in the Lifestyle section. My third is “bugger off, you annoying little preachy cult member”
I don’t need air conditioning, and neither do you
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Our house in Philadelphia was built in the 1920s, when people were tough and resourceful. For most of the year, the house is cool and pleasant, as long as there isn’t a mash-up of continuously scorching days and epic humidity, when the air is putrid, stagnant, and, if it were a color, would definitely be mustard.
Which would be this summer. Which, so far, is the fourth hottest summer on record in the Washington area. Emphasis on so far. NASA reports that July was the Earth’s hottest in recorded history. Cheer up, people say to those of us without air conditioning, September’s coming. Except people forget that most of September is still summer.
So, we’ve established that this is partly a whine about ‘climate change.’ There’s also some whining about other things, like aesthetics.
There are positive aspects of going without. Fewer house guests. More dinner invitations. That humble-bragging business. Showers. I can’t tell you how rewarding showers feel. And ice cream tastes way better.
Whoa, there, sparkella: showers and ice cream are bad for ‘climate change’.
Air conditioning made Americans greedy and silly. Once the country got hooked on central air, strange things materialized: windows that don’t open, the office sweater in August, summer colds, Las Vegas, football in Phoenix.
So, to assuage her Special Snowflake Syndrome, she wants everyone to give up their AC. You know this would be preferable by government fiat.
Living without affords its own strange luxuries. True, life is harder, but also more sensual. Stern loves the freedom that heat bestows to reclaim summer as a slower season. “If you’re living without air conditioning, you can’t do stuff,†she says. “It’s enforced relaxation and stupefaction.â€
See? It’s also the perfect excuse.
It also dovetails nicely into the Warmist notion that Other People shouldn’t travel, because that creates carbon pollution. These people are nuts all around.
