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1. QuercusMax · 1790267978 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't understand why Texas voters support such inhumane conditions. All these "Christians" who support this kind of cruel punishment need to have a "come to Jesus" moment, literally.

   1. francisofascii · 1790270014 · focus · HN ↗

      There is so much nuance with this. On the one hand, Texas has hot enough days where it is inhumane/dangerous to not have A/C. But also plenty of days that are hot, but bearable. There are plenty of citizens not in prison that live without AC and make due with fans. HVAC systems are ridiculusly expensive. $1.5 billion is about $10K a person. Too bad they can't just give each prisoner a window unit for $200 a piece.

      1. jknoepfler · 1790271465 · focus · HN ↗

         Fans have no cooling effect once the ambient temperature exceeds human body temperature, so "making do with fans" is literally making do with nothing.

         Those citizens "making do" generally have freedom of movement, free access to cool water, air-conditioned businesses or vehicles, and are not locked down in a concrete facility.

         There is a absolutely no nuance to this.

         1. kube-system · 1790272081 · focus · HN ↗

            > Fans have no cooling effect once the ambient temperature exceeds human body temperature

            Sweat is a wet-bulb cooling process which always cools below ambient for any humidity less than 100%.

            1. 8note · 1790277798 · focus · HN ↗

               > cools below ambient

               ambient and body temperature arent coupled items there

               have you never used a convection oven?

               1. sixothree · 1790290455 · focus · HN ↗

                  Apparently he doesn't know what the humidity is like in Texas either.

                  1. kube-system · 1790469811 · focus · HN ↗

                     Texas spans at least 5 Köppen-Geiger climate zones. Half of Texas is semi-arid and desert.

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