Back in the days of the British Raj, the conventional wisdom for the English soldiers to battle the desert heat of the Punjab or the sauna bath summers of Bengal was to drink cups of hot tea.
Cup after cup after cup. Something about “balancing the temperature.” Keep in mind that back then, biting down on an iron bullet was considered the proper anesthetic while on was getting a limb sawed-off.
So famous was this way of thinking, Noël Coward wrote a song about it. A few short decades later, Joe Cocker named an album after it.
I’m thinking that this mindset is still prevalent in the California capital city of Sacramento.
It was there that Gov. Gavin Newsom was in some nondescript TV station where he wanted to give the good people of California a chuck on the shoulder for a job well done.
In spite to Newsom singing the praises of everyone re-setting their ACs to 80⁰ and waiting ’till 2AM to re-charge their glorified golf carts, for whatever strange reason, Newsom is seen wearing what appears to be some type of fleece pullover sweat jacket.
As it turns out, I’m not the only one to notice Newsom’s blatant hypocrisy.
This heat wave is set to be the hottest & longest on record in CA for September.⁰
We are now heading into the worst part of it – the risk of outages is real. Your efforts have paid off so far, but we need everyone to double down to save energy after 4pm. https://t.co/XKRYd9EPQI pic.twitter.com/HtVh5DAjQD— Office of the Governor of California (@CAgovernor) September 6, 2022
Why is the AC blasting so hard in the room you’re in that you need to wear a jacket?
— Justine (@BruinJustine) September 6, 2022
Nope. I pay high taxes and pay my power and water bills on time and that means thermostat will be set to whatever the hell I feel like. Do your job.
— Doña Claudia (@WhirlyGirl1200) September 6, 2022
Not sure California is even in the top ten for hottest states. Meanwhile, Florida and Texas aren’t having to worry about rolling blackouts from energy mismanagement.
— Jim (@sonsangnimjim) September 6, 2022
Wearing a jacket indoors cuz it’s chilly when the AC set at 68. Afterwards you drive to the airport in your air conditioned gas guzzling SUV where you will board your private jet that will whisk you away to your summer home in a state where electricity restrictions don’t exist
— 🤡👩🏻💻🤡🇺🇸🟥🔴 (@AllyGeighter) September 6, 2022
It’s good to be the king
— Jason Max Winchester (@jwinchester4440) September 6, 2022
Ok. pic.twitter.com/fYhUSdokal
— SSGoodGirl (@USSGoodGirl) September 6, 2022