As this is being written temperatures are near 100°F here on the Illinois/Wisconsin border and a drought is in full force. The hue and cry is, “See, see, global warming! Told you it was real!”
Now I had just come back from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., where temperatures also were near 100°, and where the every-other-year concurrent conferences on compressors, refrigeration and air conditioning, and buildings took place and drew close to 600 attendees from 30 countries.