21.7.05

BBC NEWS | Business | How air-conditioning keeps changing the US

BBC NEWS | Business | How air-conditioning keeps changing the US: "We are now truly immersed - and it's the right word - in the full, awful steam bath season in much of North America.

Just to venture outside is to hit a wall of humidity that drains the spirit as it soaks the clothes.

Fortunately, though, America has embraced air conditioning with a vengeance.

If it's like a warm soup outside, the inside of cinemas and trains and stores is chilled to the point of discomfort.

Air conditioning in America seems like a necessity."

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