It follows Republican outrage over Mamdani offering the same heatwave advice as everyone else.
The US Department of Energy reportedly deleted about 6,000 pages related to energy conservation as a historic heatwave tears across the country.
The deletion was suspiciously timed, following Republican outrage over Mayor Zohran Mamdani asking New Yorkers to help reduce strain on the grid by setting their AC to 78 degrees. Republicans like Ted Cruz (who has famously fled severe weather in his home state), Nikki Haley, and Representative Nancy Mace (South Carolina) quickly pounced, framing the request as socialism and an act of war on women in menopause (the Republican Party is notoriously friendly to women’s health).
Of course, this is pretty standard advice during a heatwave. It was the official stance of the Department of Energy that Americans should set their thermostats between 75 and 78 degrees, and Republican governors in deep red states like Texas have issued the same advice in the past — including current governor Greg Abbott.
We keep ours at 80°F unless there is a breeze, in which case we just use our ceiling fans and open everything. It gets a little uncomfortable, but if we remember to stay hydrated and eat less, then it’s all good.
The same Government of Putin shitheads who killed the energy efficient heat pump incentives.
The Oil & Gas Party wants you to buy more oil & gas. This government isn’t working for American, it’s funnelling American money to those who invest in oil & gas.
slams
They can’t help themselves
78 during day is my standard. You let your body acclimate to the warm weather. Then when you go out and about in it you don’t feel like you’re about to die.
76 at night. Set to get that low by 10pm.
78f is roughly 26c, which the recommendation here in Australia during summer. I usually have mine set to 30c/86f.
I don’t understand what the issue with Mamdani’s advice is.
In the mindset of the contrarian reactionary, it doesn’t matter what the advice is but rather that it’s being given at all.
He could have quoted MAGA and their recommendations and they still would have lost their shit.
He gave the same recommendation as the federal DOE. The sad part is this is the federal government following Fox News’ lead. Literally fox news is rewriting government messaging.
Yeah “78 set it and forget it” was good advice when I was a kid and it’s still good advice.
Don’t bother, there’s nothing to understand
long as the humidity is low, higher temps can be quite comfortable. used to keep mine at 80 til my visiting folks started futzing with the thermostat. 77-78 is a good compromise
Yeah, I live in a swamp. Dehumidification is the real miracle of ac.
I have officially rounded the corner where everything is so insane my first reaction was to laugh at how absurd this is.
Literally everything they do is the worst possible choice. They literally want to burn down the world and rule over the ashes, even if they don’t understand that’s where this is headed.
I don’t think humanity is gonna make it. Too many of us refuse to engage with reality and evidence.
Smart people predicted it already long time ago. Dumb people will choose dumb and greedy people to rule the world and nothing can be done by smart people to stop it. Unless the ruling one is smart dictator.
reality and evidence are painful. people avoid pain.
fantasy and magical thinking feels good. so they embrace it.
IME maybe like 1/20 people is grounded in a greater reality, most are living in a fictional magical world and only want to be around other people who support their fantasies.
It’s hard to trust and discuss news of USA when I reside in Europe and Asia mostly, where I believe that too much news services manipulate, fabricate, and do not verify information nor sources.
Yet, normally, people are getting paid/compensated to try not to avoid pain and to prioritize reality over pleasant feelings.
Sadly i think the powers that be will gladly overconsume and let climate, starvation, and war solve the overpopulation issue.
Probably thinking its alright, its like biblical plauges
The Republican Party is notoriously friendly to women’s health
The fuck?
Clearly that’s snark.
They dropped their /s
Wonder how long before Trump renames it “Department of burning Oil and Coal”
Department of finding ways to increase fossil consumption by working coal and raw oil into the American food consumption
They’ll build a land called New Jersey and populate it with “food scientists.”
We’ll make fun of them in movies, then ridicule their children on television.
They’ll poison our offspring with cancers and obesity!
Whats important is that we kept the Democrats from taking the presidency. Right kids?!
How’s winning over those voters your party lost last election going?
Look around! Clearly everyone made the right decision!
And i’ll tell ya this for nothin’ - they’ll do it again! Yeah! And get all this glorious fascism for free. Enjoy!
“They’re coming for your
gunskidsthermostat.”Nevermind I’m dumb
heatwave
Or ‘heat wave’, if you write English and lament the wordjoining thekids aredoing.
