Quote:Well, we can go around and around in circles if you want - but utilities are a government monopoly because they are vital to a modern functioning economy/society. Because they are so vital, and cost intensive, the government is not going to allow them to be controlled by capitalists.


And yes, people certainly lived in Florida before air conditioning - when Florida was sparsely populated and houses were built much differently.


Those days are long gone. John Gorrie helped build modern Florida.