From: Mxsmanic on
Dave Frightens Me writes:

> No it is not. Hypothermia is a much greater risk that hyperthermia.

Right now officials in California are complaining that they don't have
enough space to contain all the dead bodies from the heat wave. You
don't often hear that in winter, even when the cold is very extreme.

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JohnT writes:

> Everywhere else doesn't have air conditioning. It isn't necessary in
> temperate climatic zones such as Europe.

It wasn't, but it is now.

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"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Miguel Cruz writes:
>
>> Tak province. It ain't like Bangkok.
>
> That's true in the U.S., too: places out in the boondocks are less
> likely to have amenities like air conditioning. But the fact remains
> that A/C is extremely widespread in hot climates.
>

Bullshit!

The boon docks are not what they used to be, not that you've ever spent
enough time in them to tell the difference between boondocks and
boondoggles.

Other than places favorably situated because of local climate, homes and
businesses "out in the boondocks" are as likely to be ACed as those in the
heart of the largest urban areas. The 'lectric line running along the road
and Owner/renter/occupier income are the determining factors, and between
old FDR bringing the REA to some boondockery parts of the boondocks and
several generations of prosperity, Carrier, Lennox, Train et al will be
happy to send the nearest dealer out with a system in the back of a truck.
Just be ready with a check.

Hell, I'm on the edge of the boondocks, and I've got three systems, all heat
pumps, in a house designed to be zone cooled....

South of the Mason Dixon Line, and other than in the mountains or the
NorthWest Coast, I can't iamgine a new US home being built without a modern
HVAC system. Even "public housing", government susbsized and assisted
housing for the elderly, handicapped and low income families built since
1938, has been largely retrofitted (at great cost) with AC systems, since in
much of the country, even the "poor" now turn up their noses at
unairconditioned dwellings.

TMO


From: JohnT on

"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Miguel Cruz writes:
>
>> Tak province. It ain't like Bangkok.
>
> That's true in the U.S., too: places out in the boondocks are less
> likely to have amenities like air conditioning. But the fact remains
> that A/C is extremely widespread in hot climates.

Please specify, in detail, in which Asian Countries you have travelled and
your experience of air conditioning there or the lack of it thereof. I
suspect none and that your total knowledge of the world is limited to
Arizona and Northern France.

JohnT


From: JohnT on

"Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Miguel Cruz writes:
>
>> This isn't what actually happens. I am sitting in front of the computer
>> with one fan and my skin is dry to the touch. The humidity today is in
>> the high 80s.
>
> Your skin is never dry. You're just losing water to evaporation
> before you notice it accumulating on your skin.
>
>> Lose what? People here are happy and comfortable.
>
> Well, no, they aren't. In hot climates without air conditioning, it's
> routine to complain continually about the heat.

Miguel says not. Miguel is respected on travel ngs. Mixi is not. QED.

JohnT