How did you spend these past few scorching days? Like Agricultural Scientist Stan Cox and his wife I spent them without air-conditioning, not necessarily comfortable but accepting of the weather. Stan Cox was interviewed recently in the New York Times about his views on reducing our dependence upon air-conditioning. I was surprised to learn that Mr. Cox has received death threats for these views! See No Air-Conditioning, and Happy by Susan Saulny [1]
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[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/25/us/25salinaheat.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=air%20conditioning&st=cse