When we were younger, our father never believed in investing in a central cooling system. We just had a central heating system along with a fireplace. And you better believe we utilized that fireplace all the time. Our father had us out there splitting wood all the time so we’d always have a big enough stack to help us get through the winter months. Most of the time, we would run out of wood towards the end of the winter and we’d find ourselves out there splitting more wood to help keep the heating costs low with the central heating system. I always asked why we couldn’t have a central cooling system. Eventually, I think it was bothering our Dad, and he finally got everybody their own window AC unit. Nobody expected that, but it was pretty nice. He didn’t like spikes in the energy bills though, so he would always tell us not to crank the AC too much and to never leave it running when we were not in our bedrooms. He always changed the furnace filters, but he never did anything much to improve the air quality in the house apart from the occasional ductwork cleaning which actually did help a lot. To this day, I have been trying to get my father to invest in a good central cooling system and an air purification system for the sake of his health and Mom’s. He’s very stubborn in his old ways though. It took me forever to convince him to get a smart thermostat. In the end, it was when I told him about the energy savings, and that’s when he chose to get one.