As far as: “Like seemingly everybody else in America, I have spent the vast majority of this brutally hot summer”
we have the author’s ignorance and their indoctrination by the media to thank for his idiotic idea that ALL of America has had a “brutally hot summer”.
My own experience here on the East Coast as well as my relatives in Southern California is that this summer has NOT been as hot as many others.
My utility bills for June & July of this year ran more than 30% less than June and July of last year.