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From: Mxsmanic on 25 Jul 2006 17:45 Al Smith writes: > Air conditioning is a crutch. Maybe they need it in Phoenix. Phoenix would still be a town of 100,000 today if it weren't for air conditioning. > It might be argued that people shouldn't even be living in places > where air conditioning is essential. The same can be said for living in places where huge amounts of energy must be expended on heating during the winter. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Mxsmanic on 25 Jul 2006 17:45 TOliver writes: > As for the Mixed Maniac's 33C with 31% humidity, that's positively > salubrious, cool enough to play tennis or 18 holes in the afternoon, so dry > that the sweat disappears before you feel it dripping from your brow. And you develop hyperthermia and pass out without any warning. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Keith W on 25 Jul 2006 17:53 "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:4g3dc2prnmij2oduoovhcu9heuev7tg042(a)4ax.com... > Keith W writes: > >> That depends on where you are comparing it with. > > When it comes to human physiology, comparisons and relative > temperatures are not terribly meaningful. It's the absolute > conditions that count, because the requirements of human physiology > are fixed, not relative to external conditions. > I wasnt comparing relative values > Thus, 35 C is hot, even if there are places where it is 50 C. Do you deny 50 is hotter ? > People in a temperature of 35 C will suffer equally no matter what > the temperatures are elsewhere on the planet. The level of danger is > the same as well. > The danger level for a fit adult is negligible >> I have worked in fabrication yards in all 3 cities and >> havent much sympathy with your whining. > > Your sympathy is irrelevant. > As is your whining, kindly cease Keith
From: Al Smith on 25 Jul 2006 19:23 >>>>Air conditioning is a crutch. Maybe they need it in Phoenix. It might be >>>> >>>>>>>>> argued that people shouldn't even be living in places where air >>>>>>>>> conditioning is essential. >>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Speaking of "crutches", heating is an equal or larger one. Why should >>>>> anyone bother to live where it's cold, other than to spend the warm and >>>>> pleasant months there? >> >>> >>> >>> True enough. As a Canadian, I'm looking forward to global warming. I >>> expect in a few years to be out in shirt sleeves in January. Global >>> warming is going to be big for Canada. Invest in Canucks. Remember, you >>> heard it here first. > > > No, the truth of the matter is that when the glaciers and permafrost melt, > the water will trickle South, converting the barely populated nether regions > of Canada in to pestilent, malarial swamps. > > After all, that's how the Great Lakes were formed. > > As for warming, you do remember that folks lived in Western Greenland in > 1100AD, raised grain and cattle, and it was considerably warmer than now. I see no reason why global warming will not make Canada a much nicer place to live, on balance. There are all sorts of benefits to a cyclical upturn in global temperature, such as has occurred many times in the past. The Northwest Passage will open and become a viable shipping route. Greenland will become habitable again. So will Labrador, for that matter. Yes, folks, a field of clover will stretch from the Great Lakes to the North Pole. Now's the time to invest in some of that green.
From: Mxsmanic on 25 Jul 2006 20:02
Keith W writes: > Do you deny 50 is hotter ? Once it's beyond 22 C or so, it's too hot, and exactly how hot isn't very important. > The danger level for a fit adult is negligible That isn't true, as some fit adults discover in the ER, if they live that long. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |