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Well, one can warm up by eatnig lots of food, wearing other critters' skins, and burning stuff; all of which are stone-age (or earlier) technologies. Cooling do
by xkcd-sucks 5y ago
Well, one can warm up by eatnig lots of food, wearing other critters' skins, and burning stuff; all of which are stone-age (or earlier) technologies. Cooling down requires air conditioning (modern tech) or access to natural cold water (privilege)
- hamburgerwah 5y agoOr digging a hole or holes, and running air and or water through them, like has been done for thousands of years in very hot places.
- mlyle 5y agoWhich isn't likely to be a reasonable solution when we have a few days notice of an extreme hot weather event reaching a region for the first time. Predicting how common they'll be in a given place and arguing to prepare beforehand for what will likely still be a somewhat rare event (with unknown exact frequency) is hard.