The optimal AC setting in terms of comfort is subjective. I don’t see any reason to speculate beyond the simple fact that he was hot. I don’t think anyone should care about “unnecessary uses of resources”- that’s why we have markets.
I don’t think anyone should care about “unnecessary uses of resources”- that’s why we have markets.
That would apply if there were no such things as subsidies or negative externalities—if all of the costs associated with cooling a room to a given temperature were always paid by the person who decided the temperature.
No, markets only work for services whose costs are high enough to participants to care and model their behavior accordingly. In my observation, specifically, these people behave this way for reasons other than their personal comfort, and the costs aren’t high enough (or they’re not aware that they’re high enough) to influence their behavior.
The ‘reason to speculate’ is that it’s interesting to talk about it. That’s all.
The optimal AC setting in terms of comfort is subjective. I don’t see any reason to speculate beyond the simple fact that he was hot. I don’t think anyone should care about “unnecessary uses of resources”- that’s why we have markets.
That would apply if there were no such things as subsidies or negative externalities—if all of the costs associated with cooling a room to a given temperature were always paid by the person who decided the temperature.
Well that’s why we have governments...
Yeah, but I don’t think they’re anywhere near reliable enough that no-one “should care about unnecessary uses of resources”...
No, markets only work for services whose costs are high enough to participants to care and model their behavior accordingly. In my observation, specifically, these people behave this way for reasons other than their personal comfort, and the costs aren’t high enough (or they’re not aware that they’re high enough) to influence their behavior.
The ‘reason to speculate’ is that it’s interesting to talk about it. That’s all.