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No. They care about consuming more resources from an overtaxed planet. Hvac, materials, fuel.
by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
No. They care about consuming more resources from an overtaxed planet. Hvac, materials, fuel.
- thatfrenchguy 7y agoThere is no hvac in France in people's houses. According to this website, http://www.climatisations.net/marche.html http://www.climatisations.net/marche.html, 5% of houses and 25% of businesses have hvac.
- rayiner 7y agoWait what? Weren’t you trying to tell me the other day that the French aren’t poor?
- munk-a 7y agoUh, hvac is how you measure wealth?
- yeahitslikethat 7y agoRight. And a country that's not even part of the conversation not having hvac totally invalidates my point according to the maximum number of people who can downvote it. It's simple math. They move out there to get a bigger house. Bigger houses consume more resources. I really don't understand how that mathematical fact can be denied.
- zuppy 7y agono, the downvotes are for how condescending your tone is (I haven't downvoted you). I don't understand your point exactly. were you expecting to be no poor people in rich countries? well, news at 11, there are.
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- thatfrenchguy 7y agoHouses in France are typically much better insulated than houses in the US. Houses also have thick shutters, which once closed (which you usually do during the day) tend to retain cold better than without. People in France also tend to take 3-4 weeks off in July / August as well (and business tend to be slower during those months as well), and tend to have wardrobes which are better suited to the season they’re in as well. The climate is also slightly nicer as well, it gets less hot than in say Arizona :-).
- rayiner 7y agoAll of that sounds like things you have to do because you’re too poor to afford central AC.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoI think the idea is a well insulated building needs less heating / cooling.
- rayiner 7y agoInsulation isn’t magic. Our house in Bangladesh was made of inches of concrete. It still got hot as hell, and everyone there who can afford it gets an air conditioner. Of course France’s climate is more moderate. But I’m genuinely shocked to learn that 95% of what purports to be a first world country can’t keep their houses at a fixed temperature year-round. I feel like my dad (who grew up in Bangladesh) when he went to West Virginia and found out there were places in America without indoor toilets.
- adrianN 7y agoTry adding some styrofoam or something to the outside of the concrete. But as you note, France is not Bangladesh and the climate is mild enough that you just don't need AC.
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- leguminous 7y agoJust to clarify, because I assume there is a misunderstanding here: HVAC stands for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. I assume pretty much everyone in Paris has heat, since it gets below 5C in the winter.
- sfsfsf6666 7y agoFrance is at the latitude of Wyoming. And it has ocean on two sides. And plenty of people in Wyoming don't have air conditioning. My mother lives in Wyoming, and has no AC in her brand new condo.
- CPLX 7y agoAltitude trumps latitude.