One of the Mother Nature Network's ten "must-read environmental books"
of the year, Losing Our Cool is the first book to examine how indoor
climate control is helping send our outdoor climate reeling out of
control. With summers growing hotter and energy demand heavier, Stan Cox
shows how air-conditioning transforms human experience in surprising
ways, by altering our bodies' sensitivity to heat; our rates of
infection, allergy, asthma, and obesity; and even our sex lives. It has
also enabled an irrational commuter economy, triggered a migration
toward the American South and West, and created the kind of workplace in
which employers wear sweaters in July. But, as Cox shows us, by
combining traditional cooling methods with newer technologies, we can
make ourselves comfortable and keep the planet comfortable as well.
