The downside of air conditioned homes is that houses are now built with very little regard to insulation and intelligent use of the sun (to warm the house at winter) and the wind (to cool it during summertime).
My house has a large, paper-thin southern wall and during the summer it gets so hot that it radiates heat into the house at night. So I have to air-condition my bedroom at night. And the windows are stupidly designed, so when the wind blows in the winter I can feel it enter the room - and again I must use electricity to keep the room warm.
Thankfully, "green" building methods are starting to change this wasteful attitude.
My house has a large, paper-thin southern wall and during the summer it gets so hot that it radiates heat into the house at night. So I have to air-condition my bedroom at night. And the windows are stupidly designed, so when the wind blows in the winter I can feel it enter the room - and again I must use electricity to keep the room warm.
Thankfully, "green" building methods are starting to change this wasteful attitude.