A/C??????

So I have had very interesting responses lately when it is known that we do not have air conditioning by choice.  Oh, we could patch the hole in the airconditioning line and charge it with freon or whatever they call the eco-substitute now, but we choose not to.  And, believe it or not, we are surviving (with a much lower electric bill than those with a/c).  We have fans, and windows and screens and trees and, most of the time, a breeze.  Sure, it is hot, especially this year, but we work outside so much in the gardens and with the chickens, that it doesn't seem to matter.  Also, in the back of our minds, we wonder if we had a/c if we would actually go out and do the work we have to do as willingly.  You know, people lived and worked prior to the 'air conditioning age'.  I can remember the first time I went into a home that had a/c.  Thought it was the neatest thing!
     So the comments I hear lead me to believe that people think they actually must have a/c.  In fact, there seem to be those who really believe that they will die, their allergies will kill them, etc.  Is it possible that some have allergies and other conditions because we insist on living against nature instead of with it?  We have tortured our environment so much that it is turning against us--and justifiably so.  Something to ponder.