Comments on: Flash Back: What it Might Be Like to Live Without Heat http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/ Thoughts on the Journey Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:41:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Ariah http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/#comment-22986 Ariah Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:42:40 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/#comment-22986 Indie, Well said. I know I certainly take the ability to control temperature for granted. I'd love to live in a home that was set up to work well with the weather. Creamcitian, I know I would be a more irritable person. But yes we are a resilient people. Indie,

Well said. I know I certainly take the ability to control temperature for granted. I’d love to live in a home that was set up to work well with the weather.

Creamcitian,
I know I would be a more irritable person. But yes we are a resilient people.

]]> By: indie http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/#comment-21218 indie Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:31:42 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/#comment-21218 Heat isn't a modern convenience. Fire has been around for a long time. The problem today is that most new construction isn't built with fireplaces or wood burning stoves. And there's not much of a place for many people to go collect fire wood. I grew up on a ranch and the only source of heat was a wood burning stove which we also used for cooking. We cut our own fire wood to run the stove. It only heated a small portion of the house and we wore more clothes. In the summer we had no AC. Water is a good way to cool off. I often slept with water next to my bed to dump on myself. In fact, the majority of the places that I've lived have not had AC. These days though we're cutting down so many trees around new developments and building them in such a way that they don't stay naturally cool so we think that we have to have these "conveniences". I don't see them as conveniences but instead added expenses that poor people would be better off without if only we could properly build homes. Its another way that the indulgences of the rich trickle down to the poor making life more difficult. Heat isn’t a modern convenience. Fire has been around for a long time. The problem today is that most new construction isn’t built with fireplaces or wood burning stoves. And there’s not much of a place for many people to go collect fire wood. I grew up on a ranch and the only source of heat was a wood burning stove which we also used for cooking. We cut our own fire wood to run the stove. It only heated a small portion of the house and we wore more clothes. In the summer we had no AC. Water is a good way to cool off. I often slept with water next to my bed to dump on myself. In fact, the majority of the places that I’ve lived have not had AC. These days though we’re cutting down so many trees around new developments and building them in such a way that they don’t stay naturally cool so we think that we have to have these “conveniences”. I don’t see them as conveniences but instead added expenses that poor people would be better off without if only we could properly build homes. Its another way that the indulgences of the rich trickle down to the poor making life more difficult.

]]> By: creamcitian http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/#comment-21189 creamcitian Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:38:39 +0000 http://blog.iamnotashamed.net/2007/04/21/flash-back-what-it-might-be-like-to-live-without-heat/#comment-21189 i do believe most of us would be angrier and would learn to cope. it's amazing what humans can get used to, and what happens to them when they have to adjust. i do believe most of us would be angrier and would learn to cope. it’s amazing what humans can get used to, and what happens to them when they have to adjust.

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