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Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Detroit?
Nate Nagel wrote:
> My house didn't have A/C when we bought it in 2006. I didn't think the > summer of 2007 was *that* bad - the first place I ever lived in with A/C > was the apartment I rented in 1997. I guess I'd just gotten used to > "summer = sit around in boxer shorts inside." The lot is pretty wooded > so the house didn't get nearly as hot as you'd think. I also do not > have a vent fan in the attic (things to do in the spring) which I > suspect will help some when I get it installed. But we did get A/C > installed last fall so this summer was much nicer, I have to admit. > > I bet if I lived significantly farther south I'd want it for sure > though. I have no idea how people lived in places like Arizona without > A/C - my damnyankee upbringing and Germanic DNA just don't like the hot > weather. > > nate Humidity makes a lot of difference. I grew up in VA, and presently live there. I lived in Denver for 6 years and Florida for 3. I repeat - humidity makes a big difference (see "psychrometric charts"). 100 degrees in Denver or Arizona feels a whole lot different than 100 degrees in Virginia or Pensacola. In one place, 100 degrees is bearable, maybe enjoyable, in the other, it can be oppressive. It was unusual for a house in Denver to even have an a.c. unit - you just didn't need it. You might wish you had one late in the afternoon, but by 8 or 9 o'clock in the evening, you were comfortable - not true in the humid areas. -- Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x') |
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Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Detroit?
Dave Head wrote: > Eeyore wrote: > >Dave Head wrote: > >> Eeyore wrote: > >> >Dave Head wrote: > >> >> Eeyore wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> >Aside from being a totally idiotic idea it amounts to a trade subsidy which will > >> >> >break WTO rules and in return US exports will taxed extra heavily by importing > >> >> >nations. > >> >> > >> >> Hey, the rest of the world paying their auto workers poverty wages is an > >> >> illegal subsidy of their industries, the way I see it. > >> > > >> >Well.... the logical consequence of globalisation in the long term would indeed tend > >> >towards parity of wages. > >> > >> It would tend toward poverty wages, more likely. > > > >For everyone. > > Yeah, this is the sort of nonsense that unions exist for. > > >> >They aren't poverty wages in their own countries of course. > >> > >> Well, they may not exactly be starving (maybe), but... its not likely they have > >> a Mitsubishi Laservue in the living room, > > > >I doubt their living room would accomadate one. Is it actually something critical to your > >lifestyle ? I barely watch the box these days. > > Me either, but the fact that a US auto worker could afford one is the important > point. > > Without the auto industry, I think things are going to get really, really ugly. I can't see it all going. The again, with the management the way it is ......... Maybe the Chinese or Indians will buy it ? > >> maybe not even air conditioning. That > >> latter thing is something I think we should try to avoid here. > > > >When it's hot in Mumbai they sleep on the roof at night. > > Wonder what they do when they're trying to cook something, or run the computer > when it's 105 degrees F out? The new middle classs than can afford computers tend to have at least some a/c. Graham |
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Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Detroit?
On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:41:40 +0000, Eeyore
> wrote: > > >Dave Head wrote: > >> Eeyore wrote: >> >Dave Head wrote: >> >> Eeyore wrote: >> >> >Dave Head wrote: >> >> >> Eeyore wrote: >> >> >> > >> >> >> >Aside from being a totally idiotic idea it amounts to a trade subsidy which will >> >> >> >break WTO rules and in return US exports will taxed extra heavily by importing >> >> >> >nations. >> >> >> >> >> >> Hey, the rest of the world paying their auto workers poverty wages is an >> >> >> illegal subsidy of their industries, the way I see it. >> >> > >> >> >Well.... the logical consequence of globalisation in the long term would indeed tend >> >> >towards parity of wages. >> >> >> >> It would tend toward poverty wages, more likely. >> > >> >For everyone. >> >> Yeah, this is the sort of nonsense that unions exist for. >> >> >> >They aren't poverty wages in their own countries of course. >> >> >> >> Well, they may not exactly be starving (maybe), but... its not likely they have >> >> a Mitsubishi Laservue in the living room, >> > >> >I doubt their living room would accomadate one. Is it actually something critical to your >> >lifestyle ? I barely watch the box these days. >> >> Me either, but the fact that a US auto worker could afford one is the important >> point. >> >> Without the auto industry, I think things are going to get really, really ugly. > >I can't see it all going. The again, with the management the way it is ......... Maybe the >Chinese or Indians will buy it ? Why would they? All the factories are still in the areas where unions are strong. If they tried to hire from those areas, the places would be unionized overnight. >> >> maybe not even air conditioning. That >> >> latter thing is something I think we should try to avoid here. >> > >> >When it's hot in Mumbai they sleep on the roof at night. >> >> Wonder what they do when they're trying to cook something, or run the computer >> when it's 105 degrees F out? > >The new middle classs than can afford computers tend to have at least some a/c. Window unit, probably. >Graham |
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Bankruptcy and Reorganization for Detroit?
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:03:20 GMT, Dave Head > wrote:
>On Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:41:40 +0000, Eeyore > wrote: >>I can't see it all going. The again, with the management the way it is ......... Maybe the >>Chinese or Indians will buy it ? > >Why would they? All the factories are still in the areas where unions are >strong. If they tried to hire from those areas, the places would be unionized >overnight. But these are the exact businesses you've suggested we keep going with a $7500 subsidy on the GM electric car. Please explain. Yes, please do. |
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