[JL8Jeff]

A large percentage of our electricity is produced using natural gas and the price on that keeps going up as the supply has dropped. When I was a kid most houses did not have AC and it was no big deal. But as a society we have turned into sponges that can't live without certain comforts. Would you rather live with no AC in the summer or no heat in the winter? It's easy to turn on a fan to cool down, but most people don't want to light a bonfire in their living room to stay warm. The people sitting in a running car is just ridiculous, especially considering we have AC here at work. My June gas and electric bill is $107 and $57 of that is for electric. If I turn on my vintage central air(1974) my electric bill will easily triple or quadruple. But I still can't justify it since I'm hardly ever in the house. I just find it scary how many people can't live without AC nowadays.