I don’t think a mostly for-comfort utility should be the last to shut down.
at-risk people die without A/C when it’s 100F and 95% humidity.
And if AC is necessary for survival in a place, then maybe we shouldn’t fuckin’ settle there (or at least shouldn’t cover the entire place with asphalt and concrete).
People settled there because A/C became available. You can’t just shut off the A/C and cackle while the elderly and infirm die of heat stroke.
What happens during a real blackout? Does everyone just die?
people do pretty much every time it happens due to hurricanes in Texas, yes.
Again, I don’t disagree with your broader point, I’m just pointing out that “People settled there because A/C became available” is factually inaccurate.
Houston would not exist in its current form without A/C, same with most of Louisiana and some of Florida. A/C is part of what caused the population boom in these regions.
Yeah, but like, don’t. Or at least cover your house with solar. If you need a literal life support system and are dependent on a centralized power grid for that with no backup, you will die.
You can’t just shut off the A/C and cackle while the elderly and infirm die of heat stroke.
I agree that in places like that AC should be among the critical systems which are the last to shut down, but it’s also important to note that the vast majority of inhabited places on earth are not like that (yet).
Yeah, but like, don’t. Or at least cover your house with solar. If you need a literal life support system and are dependent on a centralized power grid for that with no backup, you will die.
Sorry gramma, a lemmitor said you shouldn’t have been born in the armpit of america, so you’re going to have to either die when power shuts down or drop everything and move.
Nah, it’s colonial settlers living in a place where they shouldn’t, and then capitalists plastering everything with heat-absorbing asphalt because it’s more profitable to force people into car-centric hellholes. If you are unfortunate enough to live in a place like that, prepare a backup power source, because it’s not feasible to build a power grid which never has blackouts.
Of course, it would be nice to have a government that would provide everyone in such regions with backup electricity sources, but that ain’t happening with capitalists in power, and recommending that grandma should lead a communist uprising is not that helpful
Nothing says good socialist political instincts quite like leaving a bunch of bunch of working class people to die of heatstroke because they had the audacity to be born in the southeastern US and then whitewashing that by calling them settlers despite a third of them being descended from slaves.
It is interesting watching someone from outside leftist spaces try to co-opt leftist language. They use the words right, but they don’t realise that the meaning behind the words is what is important.
You must be lost. This is hexbear where we shit in the toilet, not on our big balls. We believe in the power of love, but not the power of being a smarmy wpos.
at-risk people die without A/C when it’s 100F and 95% humidity.
People settled there because A/C became available. You can’t just shut off the A/C and cackle while the elderly and infirm die of heat stroke.
people do pretty much every time it happens due to hurricanes in Texas, yes.
I don’t disagree with your broader point, but even hellish places like Phoenix predate A/C.
Humidity is the difference.
Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City, Bangkok, Honolulu, Singapore all predate A/C.
And people still die when they lose A/C in Texas. I don’t know what to tell you, that is the reality of what happens.
Again, I don’t disagree with your broader point, I’m just pointing out that “People settled there because A/C became available” is factually inaccurate.
Houston would not exist in its current form without A/C, same with most of Louisiana and some of Florida. A/C is part of what caused the population boom in these regions.
the american southwest would be much less settled without it. it’s not that nobody went it’s that way more people did after.
Yeah, but like, don’t. Or at least cover your house with solar. If you need a literal life support system and are dependent on a centralized power grid for that with no backup, you will die.
I agree that in places like that AC should be among the critical systems which are the last to shut down, but it’s also important to note that the vast majority of inhabited places on earth are not like that (yet).
Sorry gramma, a lemmitor said you shouldn’t have been born in the armpit of america, so you’re going to have to either die when power shuts down or drop everything and move.
That’s not my opinion, that’s a sad fact of life. If you can’t move, get a backup electricity supply. Blackouts happen.
bootstraps liberalism strikes again
hrrhrrm can we please retain civility and refocus our attention on the 3 vs 5 tits debate at hand
Nah, it’s colonial settlers living in a place where they shouldn’t, and then capitalists plastering everything with heat-absorbing asphalt because it’s more profitable to force people into car-centric hellholes. If you are unfortunate enough to live in a place like that, prepare a backup power source, because it’s not feasible to build a power grid which never has blackouts.
Of course, it would be nice to have a government that would provide everyone in such regions with backup electricity sources, but that ain’t happening with capitalists in power, and recommending that grandma should lead a communist uprising is not that helpful
How am I supposed to prepare a backup generator
I rent an apartment because it’s what I can afford
You just need to take a firm grip on your bootstraps and lift, clearly
“it’s not that thing you said, it’s just that you need to pick yourself up by your bootstraps”
Nothing says good socialist political instincts quite like leaving a bunch of bunch of working class people to die of heatstroke because they had the audacity to be born in the southeastern US and then whitewashing that by calling them settlers despite a third of them being descended from slaves.
It is interesting watching someone from outside leftist spaces try to co-opt leftist language. They use the words right, but they don’t realise that the meaning behind the words is what is important.
You must be lost. This is hexbear where we shit in the toilet, not on our big balls. We believe in the power of love, but not the power of being a smarmy wpos.
I bet you don’t even eat beanis.
Pretty sure this entire line which began and summarizes your whole comment is literally 100% opinions, and they’re your opinions.