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Putting food on the table isn't really a concern if you're all dead from heat exposure. Sounds like AC has just become a basic human need in some areas.
by overcast 7y ago
Putting food on the table isn't really a concern if you're all dead from heat exposure. Sounds like AC has just become a basic human need in some areas.
- refurb 7y agoThere are people living in 3rd world tropical countries who commonly experience 40C who might disagree with your "dead from heat exposure".
- dx87 7y agoSame with countries in the middle east. When I was in Iraq during the summer, it would normally be ~120F in the shade during the day, and get up to the 130-140 range in direct sunlight. It's not like the villages without stable power or AC had people dropping dead from heat all the time, they dressed appropriately and would only do physical activities in the morning and evening. During the hottest part of the day they'd hang around inside out of the sun and relax. You'd still get hot and sweaty, but you wouldn't die.
- overcast 7y agoThose people have been living in those temperatures for thousands of years. Their culture thrives in it. When heat waves hit temperate areas, people are not prepared. You sit out there in 140 degrees, and you're not going to survive very long without the knowledge to do so. Look at the animals dying in the polar regions, as their cold habitats warm up. No different.
- overcast 7y agoYep, and some of those people die because of it. The temperature is CHANGING from their normal to extremes. People aren't prepared, that's the point. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/world/asia/india-heat-wave-deaths.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/13/world/asia/india-heat-wav...