When I was a youngster, I lived in the desert with my parents.
The heat sometimes would be entirely unbearable and it was extremely dry.
I couldn’t use enough chapstick and it was difficult. The air quality would sometimes be affected too if there was a sandstorm, and that happens a lot where I used to live. I remember thinking it would be great if there was something like a dome that covered the whole city, so people didn’t have to worry about such things. I thought it would be nice to have extra protection from the sun rays which provided unwanted heating in our homes. I didn’t realize it back then that I was actually on to something. While we don’t have huge dome structures to block out unwanted heating from the sun, there are things we can do. We can use blockout curtains to prevent the sun rays piercing through our windows and causing heating that way. We can also plant trees around our homes for additional shade and protection from the heat of the sun. Of course, I ended up moving to a place that is not so overheated and dry, but throughout the different seasons, you still need the comfort from the HVAC system. I actually have a smart HVAC system now with a smart thermostat. I have smart curtains that automatically close to save energy and it’s always comfortable in my home. I wish we would have had such a nice HVAC system back in the day when I lived with my parents. I have talked to them about investing in HVAC components like that, but they don’t want to spend too much money.