I bet on nights like this is must be nice to have air conditioning. Even outside it feels like a swamp.

That said, I really don’t like all the energy that air conditioning uses and how it locks you away from the fresh air. I’d rather sit outside until it’s late, take a cold shower and then go to bed with the fan blowing on me. Or better yet be up in the wilderness in the Adirondacks.

And truth be told, I fear air conditioning has a weirdly addictive quality – people grow used to it and find it hard to give up. But I’m planning at some point to move to a more southerly latitude and if you want to live off-grid without a ton of solar, want to persue outdoor activities like having a hobby farm, you have to learn to accept the heat as part of nature.