Here’s the send-off line of Michelle Malkin’s piece on the ill-advised nature of the Pope’s jeremiad against air conditioning:
If the pontiff truly believes “excessive consumption” of modern conveniences is causing evil “climate change,” will he be shutting down and returning the multi-million-dollar system Carrier generously gifted to the Vatican Museums?
If not, I suggest, with all due respect, that Pope Francis do humanity a favor and refrain from blowing any more hot air unless he’s willing to stew in his own.
What is Malkin talking about?
I’ve been saying for years – when you add politics to science, you don’t get scientific politics – you get politicized science.
I can’t see how the same doesn’t go for religion.
I’ve long been of the opinion that the invention of air conditioning is leading to the downfall of modern civilization. Or, at least, the installation of air conditioning in government buildings.
I’m convinced that Jefferson put the capital where he did because it had the worst climate on the eastern seaboard. I don’t know how to express just how beastly DC is, in August.
Jefferson picked D.C. because he knew that if Congress had to meet there, they wouldn’t meet often.
And then we got air conditioning. And following that, a massive explosion in the size of government.
The fix is simple – outlaw air conditioning in government buildings. To save the planet.
I don’t think it is scientific politics or politicized science. It is a whole new animal of the genus “unmitigated nonsense.”
It’s not about science, it’s about control. The Pope, the UN, and Congress will always have their perks. We simply have to convince them that it is in their interest to let us have ours.
One of the things that I’ve learned from Lileks’ Bleat is how vital air conditioning is to the design of modern cities. No air conditioning, no glass towers. All those old Victorian buildings that look so solid and square were built with hollow courtyards so all the rooms could have windows for light and ventilation.