One of the main concerns throughout the country is the amount of energy we use. According to Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York City, his pet peeve of shops blasting air conditioning with the door open is "wasting a lot of energy. [It causes] its own impact on global warming." Coming from a family that was crazy about saving money and energy, I can't help but agree with him. As a child, we rarely turned on the heater or the air conditioner. During the summer, we used fans and drank lots of ice water; when winter came, we wore sweaters and let some of the breeze in through the windows. There was rarely a time the thermostat was even used. I believe that the shops' decision to keep the doors open with the air conditioning flowing out is not just
