A/C is a luxury not a necessity This strikes me as a false dichotomy, or, perhaps, an overly narrow definition of necessity. The excluded middle is a range of

A/C is a luxury not a necessity This strikes me as a false dichotomy, or, perhaps, an overly narrow definition of necessity. The excluded middle is a range of technologies whose utility may easily outweigh any luxurious indulgence value on one end (hot water, flushing toilets, shoes) to items whose extravagance outweighs utility (mercury-filled and/or gold-plated audio cables, "The shoouhz"[1]). The question being begged is whether AC has a significant effect on ones productivity or overall quality of life, and I posit that those asking "What about AC?" obviously believe that it is. I certainly do. Disclaimer: I was raised to encourage the formation of brown adipose tissue during my early years, as a hedge against Russian continental climate winters. The rest of my life has been in Sunny California. [1] The IT Crowd http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0609850/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0609850/