Try and get the washington crowd to read this article so maybe they will learn something about what benefits come from capitalists. never happen.

Trade secret.

Better yet ban every product that they regulate in any way. That's right, Rep. Busybody, your bodyguards just have to use only "bare" knuckles to defend you. C-Span would take on a very different look, too.
;^)

The Pope in his pronouncements about global warming and air conditioning couldn't be more clueless. Conservative American Catholics are really struggling with this guy. I note that his world view was shaped in Argentina, where Juan Peron, who copies his policies and government philosophy from Mussolini, and Marxists of various shades, with too few true classical liberals in sight.

They are all better now, but one had an allergy that he thought would be lifelong. It went away after a couple of years. Mold is not something to be messed with. My lab was not contaminated, nor any of the items in it, but when the building was diagnosed, I had to move stuff into an off-campus lab.

wow. well I certainly would not wish that on anyone

Three faculty members had significant health compromise.

Is it some gasification or pebblizing?

Aaah, the sweet smell of mildew!

Great idea. There might be some good regulations after all.

I didn't have my first A/C till 1971. Sweltering was the rule and heat strokes were highly common.

As a kid in NW OK, with only a hand drawn well for water, my mother would have me draw bucket after bucket of water, carry it to her, where she would toss it on the roof to try to get a little relief. At bed time she would take her ironing sprinkler and mist the sheets on the bed before we got in. That and wet sheets hung near the window with a reciprocating fan in the window were common, every day needs. About once a week, she would take all 5 of us to camp out at a spring fed creek not far from the house. The water couldn't have been much over 50 degrees and within 20 or 30 feet of the bank, it was heaven. Then back to dust, near 100 degree, and 70 to 80% humidity, and hauling more buckets of cool well water.

Thank you Carrier for making all those profits. You earned every dime. I'd have given more.

Edward Hudgins article dates from year 2010 but is especially timely now after recent theological pronouncements.
You have to be very religious not to see the strong correlation across human welfare, technological advancement and the free market, dbh's thesis.

Carrier. Now my house has a Carrier system which is waiting for a service call. It is ~40 years old, probably not as efficient as the newer systems but quite reliable. It is winter here, and the aircon also does heating so I am hoping for a door knock today. I can now get my money's worth out of the service charge by giving the technician a lecture on Willis H Carrier!

On another site I added that I DO advocate banning AC in all federal government buildings in Washington DC during the summer, including the Capitol and White house. Let the politicos sweat!

I do not even want to speculate on the human damage. Db and I refuse to be in a "closed" system ROTFL

Yeah, I had to kill a tiny little bit of black algae in my pool this weekend. It's gone now. Mold is something to be ever vigilant against. At my university we lost a building to "sick building syndrome" as a result of no A/C for a couple of weeks during the hurricane year of 2004.

Huh?

you still have to deal with mold and mildew. jus sayin :)

you guys should paint your yard :)

I volunteer my back yard in the month of August (az) to the Poop for him to come pitch a tent in.... and then we can discuss global warming and after that we can discuss who's ruining the planet... mystics or innovators? (We only have one rule on this property, for residents and guests......you don't enter or exit it dressed in ridiculous attire. The red shoes, the stupid pointy hat, and the flowing robe-dress ain't coming though my gate.) And any repetitive chanting gets you slapped back into reality.

Carrier is my older daughter's hero. She thinks that A/C was the best invention ever. In Florida, it would be hard to disagree.

Good to see praise for accomplishment that REALLY made a difference for the better for mankind without any government incentive or politically correct guilt.
That kind of accomplishment, done for his own sake (and likely for the good of his family) is something I aspire to.
One of my best friends told me yesterday that they are about to close a deal that should improve coal fired power efficiency by about 20% (to start, and likely improving over time) while reducing pollutants by similar amounts. Someday I think there will be a similar article written about that hard work and accomplishment.
Thanks, kh!