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Pessimistically, global warming is going to kill us. You might as well install that window unit in Munich and be comfortable for the next few decades.
by djohnston 7y ago
Pessimistically, global warming is going to kill us. You might as well install that window unit in Munich and be comfortable for the next few decades.
- asdf333 7y agoi think that is where conservatives will go. denial denial denial...then too late nothing we can do just do what you want.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoWell you can sort of see the point. If the world really can't be arsed to get together and actually try and fix it, may as well go out in a blaze of fire, heat and complex hydrocarbons...
- r00fus 7y agoIt’s make sense if the conservative viewpoint wasn’t continuing to engage in misinformation and denial.
- rootsudo 7y agoSo, if we compare real estate with new weather trend --.. we could find areas both going to be affected adversely and positively. Wonder what sort of change that will bring to countries or regions in the world.
- dougmwne 7y agoBig winners: Canada, Russia, Scandinavia. Big losers: India, Southeast Asia, equatorial regions. Crushed by climate refugees: USA, Continental Europe. Buy a cabin in the mountains, not a beach house.
- mshook 7y agoExcept there's another wide cultural gap when it comes to windows: in Europe you almost never find windows which open by raising a pane vertically... And that means window units are not an option.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoThere are wall mounted duct-pipe and ductless air conditioners. They aren't as efficient, but they work. They are the most common A/C units I've seen here in Mexico. So if you don't have A/C, it's certainly not because you physically can't. I personally get by with a fan. Though I definitely have culture shock when I return to Texas and remember people will have their A/C on 24/7 at 69F.
- jpindar 7y agoThere are also ones that fit in windows that slide horizontally, which ought to be just as good as "normal" ones.
- zw123456 7y agoI live in Seattle and I finally broke down and bought a window unit but my windows open horizontally (Honeywell MN10CESWW), the unit I got is actually floor one with rollers so I can stow it in a closet when not in use, and it has a duct that connects to a vertical thing that goes in the window. I never thought I would need one, I have lived here my whole life but now we have 3 or 4 weeks a year where it is just unbearable so I use it to cool my bedroom. Just Crazy.
- imtringued 7y agoReplacing windows isn't exactly difficult.
- fuckyah 7y agoTotally fine if your using 100% renewable electricity, like I’m doing.