Re: Thank you Willis and Frederick

On 5/28/2025 4:53 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-05-27, Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

On 5/27/2025 6:00 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-05-27 5:09 p.m., Ed P wrote:

Today it is 93 degrees with a "feels like" of 106.  Thanks to Willis
Carrier, I'm sitting in air conditioned comfort at my chosen
temperature of 77. He came up with AC in 1902.
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It was very hot outside, on the road with the sun on asphalt, it was
98 degrees.  Thanks to Frederick McKinley Jones, my car is air
conditioned also.  He came up with the idea in 1937.
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It was bad enough living up north, many of us could not exist in FL
without cooling.

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I would rather put on an extra layer for the cold weather than deal with
the extreme heat and humidity.
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I don't spend a lot of time outside here in summer.  Inside, it is as
comfy as I want.  My cost to keep cool in the heat is far less than what
I spent to keep warm in winter in CT.

 I don't spend a lot of time outside here in summer, either.  I spend
more to keep my house cool in the summer than I do to keep it warm
in the winter.  Gas heat is cheaper than electrical air-conditioning.
 

My base electric bill, no heating or cooling is about $50.  My highest bill in the summer was $130. It would be an even graph up and down for the year.
In CT, I had a very efficient oil burner for heat and would use about 750 gallons of oil.  With the old burner, it was in the 1100 gallon range.  Today, about $3 a gallon.
I set the temperature for what is comfortable, not to save $5 for the month.  We did pay for extra insulation though.