It's now nearing -20 degrees Celsius in my part of the world. That's just below 0 degrees Fahrenheit for my U.S. readers. Given this precipitous drop in temperature, I thought I'd focus this post on North America's dependence on climate control.

Let's face it. We're downright wusses when it comes to being "cold" in the winter and "hot" in the summer. What would be perfectly acceptable in other parts of the world turns us into a whiny bunch of babies.