More half-baked social planning ideas
Ray Dillinger
bear at sonic.net
Tue Dec 26 01:01:08 PST 2000
On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Tim May wrote:
>At 9:25 AM -0800 12/25/00, Ray Dillinger wrote:
>>Another general cause is that most of the current houses are built
>>stupid. In the 1940's and 1950's houses were built that were quite
>>habitable without constant airconditioning. They had basement
>>windows where air could be drawn in and air was cooled in the
>>basement with scads of thermal contact with the cool earth.
>
>California houses have almost _never_ had basements. Check it out.
>Check the history of houses built throughout the state, going back a
>century or more.
You're right, that was boneheaded. AC isn't the biggest use of
power in California -- that's just a prejudice I brought in from
elsewhere. Crud. Okay, from now on I'll try to stay more on
topic.
Bear
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