You know, if the frikken government would spend as much of their own energy and time telling people to NOT move to the stinkin' desert as they did messing with people's clocks, then we'd save huge amounts of electricity and water.
I'm a native of Arizona and have lived here over 50 years. I'm used to the heat but people who move here from somewhere else aren't. Their A/C units get set to 70 degrees, pools get filled daily and flushed every couple months to remove the salt accumulation caused by evaporation.
There are areas that are hospitable for humans to live that require very little additional heating or cooling but the desert isn't it. Trying to change their environment to allow them to be comfortable is stupid. If they can't stand the heat then stay out of the desert.
Sorry for the rant but it's a "hot" button for me.
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You know, if the frikken government would spend as much of their own energy and time telling people to NOT move to the stinkin' desert as they did messing with people's clocks, then we'd save huge amounts of electricity and water.
I'm a native of Arizona and have lived here over 50 years. I'm used to the heat but people who move here from somewhere else aren't. Their A/C units get set to 70 degrees, pools get filled daily and flushed every couple months to remove the salt accumulation caused by evaporation.
There are areas that are hospitable for humans to live that require very little additional heating or cooling but the desert isn't it. Trying to change their environment to allow them to be comfortable is stupid. If they can't stand the heat then stay out of the desert.
Sorry for the rant but it's a "hot" button for me.