air conditioning

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Without AC I would definatly die.

It gets close to 100 with humidity over 90% by chicago. That is death weather.

Yep, and older folks die from it every year.

 

[foghorn67]

Originally posted by: Papagayo
Can you image how much energy we would be saving, if there were no A/C?

where do you live? Anchorage?

 

[mb]

Well I've been living without A/C for the past few days.. while it sucks ass I am slowly getting used to it even though it is 80 inside (90s outside).

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Phoenix did not exist as a city before air conditioning. Proven fact.

Yeah, and it is also a proven fact that the rate of population growth in the west exploded after the indroduction of a/c.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Without AC I would definatly die.

It gets close to 100 with humidity over 90% by chicago. That is death weather.

Yep, and older folks die from it every year.

That is indeed a sad and unfortunate fact

 

[Mark R]

Before AC, people had the sense not to build massive heat-absorbing places of work in uninhabitable areas.

 

[altonb1]

I currently have 1 air conditioning unit in my bedroom. The rest of the house is hot. I have a 2nd unit, but we haven't put it in the other bedroom yet. I'm looking at either getting central a/c this year or buying a 12000+btu unit for my downstairs. I can't deal with the heat when it is over 80 in the house. No way.

 

[TGS]

Originally posted by: Papagayo
Can you image how much energy we would be saving, if there were no A/C?

Can you imagine the health care costs of treating people affected by the lack of A/C systems?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Mark R
Before AC, people had the sense not to build massive heat-absorbing places of work in uninhabitable areas.

Before clothing, people had the good sense to not venture in the frigid climes of uninhabitly cold regions.

Technology FTW

Plus, before AC, we had Swamp Coolers out here. Not quite as good as AC, but it made it liveable.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Falloutboy

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: pontifex
man, how the hell did people get anything done before A/C was invented? the last few days have been hot as hell here and when i'm sweating just sitting in my chair, I don't feel like doing sh!t.

i couldn't imagine living in places like Texas or Arizona without A/C.

There's this thing called water. It helps keep you cool too.

move to Pheonix and tell us how you do without A/C

I have family in Pheonix and they don't use A/C much in the summer. Evaporative cooling is the popular solution there. It uses a fration of the energy needed for conventional building HVAC.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: TGS
Toilets(and toilet paper) > Air Conditioning / Refridgerators > Microwaves in that order.

Roman Aquaducts > Toilets(and toilet paper) > Air Conditioning / Refridgerators > Fuel Cell Automobiles