Hello, All!

The perennial accusation that Americans waste oil to produce
electricity for AC has arisen again. The statement usually comes
from places that do not really need air conditioning like
Switzerland and San Francisco :-) Working in Washington DC
without AC can be most unpleasant and often sleeping at night
can be difficult. I'll admit that it is true that the
temperature is sometimes set unnecessarily low. I wonder why
fish restaurants are usually the coldest?

I was a government scientist and I once was criticized for not
obeying that prize president, Jimmy Carter, and keeping my lab
at 70F. To obey the edict I had to use an air-conditioner since
the heat came from my instruments!


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not