I could have gone on about the huge energy costs of designing buildings to be continuously heated and cooled by air conditioners. However I thought the underlying psychology of why people feel they NEED to fortressed from the elements is more fundamental.
These thoughts from a whipper-snapper in Brisbane, Australia, by the way.
you are indeed a whipper snapper and rabble rouser.
fantastic writing and art
the best is to see the mythic air conditioners atop the doorless casinos of las vegas, machines the size of mt olympus, blasting cold air at the desert at noon
I write from India. Here, in most urban areas, the temperatures vary between 29 to 45 degrees Celsius.
The air-conditioners, however, are set somewhere near 18 degrees. Which, as a tropical being I tell you, is freezing. Now after spending several hours in these unnatural climes, we step out into the heat.
Our lungs and bodies are taking an obscene blow.
As someone who despises the smell, the texture, the silence, the snobbery, the impacts and the concept of air conditioning, I am enraged that I have no choice – most constructions and buildings have windows that aren’t designed to be opened.
As I type, I’m eying a chair I’m tempted to fling through my office window.
so when you made this, you were outside? when you posted it, you were outside. granted you could have posted it via a wireless connection. a wireless connection developed in a temperature controlled room.
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I could have gone on about the huge energy costs of designing buildings to be continuously heated and cooled by air conditioners. However I thought the underlying psychology of why people feel they NEED to fortressed from the elements is more fundamental.
These thoughts from a whipper-snapper in Brisbane, Australia, by the way.
you are indeed a whipper snapper and rabble rouser.
fantastic writing and art
the best is to see the mythic air conditioners atop the doorless casinos of las vegas, machines the size of mt olympus, blasting cold air at the desert at noon
Thanks Stuart. Perhaps we should post a link to Gabriel’s article in the Courier Mail.
So glad you have the huevos to speak out!
I write from India. Here, in most urban areas, the temperatures vary between 29 to 45 degrees Celsius.
The air-conditioners, however, are set somewhere near 18 degrees. Which, as a tropical being I tell you, is freezing. Now after spending several hours in these unnatural climes, we step out into the heat.
Our lungs and bodies are taking an obscene blow.
As someone who despises the smell, the texture, the silence, the snobbery, the impacts and the concept of air conditioning, I am enraged that I have no choice – most constructions and buildings have windows that aren’t designed to be opened.
As I type, I’m eying a chair I’m tempted to fling through my office window.
Hey, nice work. Good to know there are people all over the world who share the same ideas and feelings than me. Hugs from Brasil, and keep posting man
so when you made this, you were outside? when you posted it, you were outside. granted you could have posted it via a wireless connection. a wireless connection developed in a temperature controlled room.