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[โ€“] john_brown@hexbear.net 31 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (20 children)

I don't think a mostly for-comfort utility should be the last to shut down.

at-risk people die without A/C when it's 100F and 95% humidity.

And if AC is necessary for survival in a place, then maybe we shouldn't fuckin' settle there (or at least shouldn't cover the entire place with asphalt and concrete).

People settled there because A/C became available. You can't just shut off the A/C and cackle while the elderly and infirm die of heat stroke.

What happens during a real blackout? Does everyone just die?

people do pretty much every time it happens due to hurricanes in Texas, yes.

[โ€“] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

People settled there because A/C became available.

I don't disagree with your broader point, but even hellish places like Phoenix predate A/C.

[โ€“] john_brown@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[โ€“] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Honolulu, Singapore all predate A/C.

[โ€“] john_brown@hexbear.net 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And people still die when they lose A/C in Texas. I don't know what to tell you, that is the reality of what happens.

[โ€“] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Again, I don't disagree with your broader point, I'm just pointing out that "People settled there because A/C became available" is factually inaccurate.

[โ€“] john_brown@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Houston would not exist in its current form without A/C, same with most of Louisiana and some of Florida. A/C is part of what caused the population boom in these regions.

[โ€“] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

the american southwest would be much less settled without it. it's not that nobody went it's that way more people did after.

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