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ADHDad @barley-jones.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I disagreed with Pope Francis on very few things. But one was when he spoke against air conditioning. He was wrong for that.

ADHDad@barley-jones.bsky.social

Air conditioning is a hot topic right now.

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Ben CitM @contemplativeinthemud.com · 25/06/2026

Fwiw, I was living in Bangkok when Laudato Si' came out. I think a clear example of what Pope Francis actually addresses in no. 55 is building larger and larger volumes of extravagant interior space (e.g., many of the shopping malls in Asia) but then expecting to keep them positively frigid.

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Ben CitM @contemplativeinthemud.com · 25/06/2026

This just isn't reasonable—nor the same as me coming home & needing A/C 11 months a year in a tropical metropolis. *That* demand's constant, not spurred by odd choices & the manipulation of public sensibilities ("this is comfortable but even colder would be better!"). But disagreeing is fine too!

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John Herreid @herreidjohn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Yeah, I read Laudato Si’ right around the time I visited Arizona and seeing the contrast between older traditional buildings meant to insulate from the heat and glass office buildings that would be furnaces without AC made me think there has to be some middle way between the two styles of building

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