Patman,
I live up on Hamilton Mountain (or hill depending on how you look at it), and very seldom do we need the A/C. In the night in the dead of summer it's always cool up here and we can open all the windows and get a cross breeze and then in the day by the time the house hits 23oC (73.4oF) the sun is setting and it starts to cool off. It's not uncommon to leave our windows open for a week or two at a time!
(They are protected by the overhangs of the house from rain.) We might use the A/C 3-5 times on the really hot humid days but at night we can turn it off because the cool breeze shows up again... Now go down the mountain and it's like a different weather pattern. It's super humid because it's so close to the lake and I know their A/C's run all the time. (friends)
Originally Posted By: andrewg
Originally Posted By: StevieC
Originally Posted By: rshaw125
What happened to 'global warming'?
IMO it's nonsense and it's to promote the "Going Green" new wave in consumerism and to inflate oil prices for fear that we have consumed it all already and spewed it into the atmosphere... But who knows for sure!
There was a program on TV a while ago that showed a meterologist that compared weather from 100 years ago to today and noticed that it was ever so slightly warmer, but not the crazy amount of temperature difference the "experts" are claiming. I don't know who is right, and at this point I could use a little global warming in the winter up here!
Agree 100%. Just try mentioning that belief in a group of people though....they will accuse you of being a far-right wacko and a Rush Limbaugh supporter.
Peer pressure works so well for the socialist 'green' crowd. They've got almost all the media on their side as well as schools and companies (we get the 'green' speech in meetings on a regular basis).
My company started a "GREEN PROGRAM" and they asked us to bring all of our old electronic in and they would send it to a recycler. The funny thing is that 50% of us (20 people) live far and work from home. I would have to drive 180KM (round trip) in my SUV to my head office to drop the stuff off, when I can drive 12KM to my nearest recycler and drop it there! I have to take some stuff in for the "Corporate Politics" aspect and to look like I'm doing my part, but I just shook my head when I got the e-mail and then the follow up asking if I was bringing anything!
Originally Posted By: Johnny
It's fine with me as long as it does not mean an extremely cold winter. As a matter of fact, I would like to see the weather we are having right now all year long. Puts the utility company almost out of business. Just raise the windows and let mother nature do her thing.
I wouldn't mind if this was the temperature all year either! We are averaging 16oC - 20oC where I live! (60.8 - 68 oF)