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From: Ed P <esp@snet.n>
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Subject: Re: Thank you Willis and Frederick
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 09:37:32 -0400
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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.
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> It was bad enough living up north, many of us could not exist in FL
>>>> without cooling.
>>>
>>> I would rather put on an extra layer for the cold weather than deal with
>>> the extreme heat and humidity.
>>>
>> 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.