I’m not gonna tell you that you should buy an AC. I will say that I was similarly reluctant to buy one until a few years ago. That first year, it felt like an i

I’m not gonna tell you that you should buy an AC. I will say that I was similarly reluctant to buy one until a few years ago. That first year, it felt like an indulgent splurge. I used it maybe once the whole summer. The next summer we had record highs above 110F (>43C), and I was grateful to have it for that week. It definitely helped to reassure me that my pup was safe through the heat wave. And I haven’t used it at all since then, it’s just sitting around taking up space until I deem it necessary again. Does that make the problem worse? Technically I have to say yes. But on any meaningful scale? I think the manufacturing of the unit has had far more impact than any usage, and probably will for the entire time I own it. And it’s a drop in the bucket compared to, say, owning and using a car.