I live in Southern California. It’s hot right now. Not blazing hot, not extremely hot, but not mild either.
I come home this evening to a blazing hot house. I think to myself the the roommates must have left the windows closed. Joy. I walk over to my computer, turn it on, and start with the News articles like I always do.
More rolling blackouts in California.
“It’s hooooooot..” the people whine. I need my air conditioner!
Perhaps a swift kick in the ass would be more like it? My apartment has an air conditioner. Guess what, if you open the windows in the apartment in the morning, the air does the work for you. You don’t have to “condition” it. And that is rather bothersome, since I still have to walk home to a hot house and a potential black out situation, because many, many people do not get this. Yeah, air conditioning is nice. So is seeing at night and having cold, unspoiled food. First, in California, we.. uhm.. ARE in a power crisis. Not like this is new stuff, kids. Also, why waste the energy if you can open a couple of windows?! It’s very refreshing, and perhaps even free. Maybe not for long, though.
I know this is sort of slopped together, but I hope I’m making some sort of point. It’s hot, deal with it. And I don’t mean deal with it as in:
Deal with it — You’re out of luck. Sweat and DIE!
or
Deal with it — Please turn on your air conditioner so the rest of the power can be turned off in the state.
I mean:
USE YOUR MIND. Use some reason. Perhaps think about everything before switching on that air conditioner. Or don’t complain about how hot it is, without opening the windows first.
It only takes a little effort sometime to be happy–be grateful when it is as easy as opening the window and take the opportunity to do it whenever you can.