Cool culvert...
A rainy night in Georgia inevitably is followed by a hot, sticky day. I won't venture to exercise in the rain as ardent athletes are known to do. Seriously? But the heat and humidity won't hold me back, although, the hotter it gets, the slower I move.
On long power-walks, sweat beads up on my forehead. If I'm pretending to be conceived and raised in the South, I describe it as glistening. Blazing sun brings it on. This girl is not walking on the sunny side of the street if given a choice. I zigzag from one shady spot to another.
Shade graciously drops the temp by 10-15 degrees. Heat seems palatable in the shade.
As I pass a culvert, I feel like someone flipped on the AC. Ahh, what a relief. If we could only capture the cool air. Evidently, we can.
Cliff and cave dwellers tuck into the natural environment because of the ease of making it habitable. An added benefit is temperature control. Earth homes make ecological sense. But most of us prefer living in conventional homes with our heads above ground in the light of day.
I like "both-and" solutions. We can live above ground and tap the temperate air beneath the earth for heating and cooling. Heat pumps offer efficient heating using warm air from beneath the earth to heat homes; piping cool air also makes sense. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/…/10-myths-about-geothe…/.
Environmentalist or not, I'm convinced standing in this cool spot on a hot day beats shriveling under the scorching sun.
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