![]() ![]() Wilson describes his recent book, After Cooling: On Freon, Global Warming, and the Terrible Cost of Comfort, as “a look at air conditioning’s contribution to climate violence, and a critique of the American addiction to personal comfort.” Unpardonable Sins and Permissible SolutionsĪccording to that critique, inventors developed what Wilson calls “mechanical cooling” to help business. Nevertheless, he teaches “climate-themed writing and environmental justice” at CUNY’s Queens College. Wilson has no training in climate science or mechanical engineering. His essay shows how such “woke” dogmas as critical race theory, equity, and the condemnation of both capitalism and “white supremacy” meet in another “woke” doctrine: environmental extremism. In a recent article for Time magazine, Wilson wrote about how air conditioning will destroy the planet. ![]() So implies Eric Dean Wilson, an instructor and graduate student at the City University of New York. Even as summer’s hottest months approach. Personal air conditioning represents racism and “white supremacy.” It opposes social, economic, and environmental justice. ![]() In the Brave New World of “Woke” Perfection, you won’t be allowed to keep your air conditioning. ![]()
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