carbon tax - unintended consequences, page-36

Lol, Jantimot, I don't think it gets to 47 degrees between Brisbane and Cairns :D

My first few cars didn't have air con, I don't think the first one had a heater. But back in the 1970s it wasn't hot like it's been lately - it very rarely got above 103 degrees - nothing like 117 degrees (which is above the rating of most home air conditioners). I think I was about 10 years old before I even saw an air conditioner and that was a portable evap cooler. Never had heating or cooling at any school I ever went to. (I'm getting on in years - lol)

I like hot weather - but 103 to 106 is about the most I like - anything hotter than that it's find a cool spot (preferably down by the river) with a couple of cold beers and a good book and hope it gets cooler after sunset :D

Agree about the housing. Underground would be the most comfortable all year round, but I hate not having light coming in. My sister has a thick mud brick house and it works most of the year. When you get an extended heat wave the bricks heat up though, and don't cool down even if the temp drops at night.

It's the elderly and young children/babies that suffer most in super hot conditions. The death rate climbs noticeably during heat waves.