The temperature hit 102º in New York City.  That is hot.  And everyone is complaining.  As if air-conditioning were a G-d-given human right.

Doesn’t anyone remember that there was no (consistent) air conditioning in subways and on buses until the mid 1980s?  So, everyone, chill (as it were).

It is hot out but if you are young (or middle-aged, like me) and healthy, suck it up a little and drink plenty of water.  Save the electricity for the young, the elderly and the infirm.  You’ll also help save the Polar Bears, reduce over-consumption and probably perserve the planet for our children. 

Also, save electricity for the world’s heads of state.  They all have to keep cool, too, in this crisis-ridden world.