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I’m grateful AC are frowned upon in Europe. Putting a band-aid by consuming even more energy is insane in large scale, with the perverse effect of hiding the pr

I’m grateful AC are frowned upon in Europe. Putting a band-aid by consuming even more energy is insane in large scale, with the perverse effect of hiding the problem and delaying awareness.

pochamago 6y ago
AC literally saves lives. Calling an invention that prevents thousands of deaths a year a bandaid seems kind of callous to me.
- tarsinge 6y ago
  I’m talking AC in the context of large scale deployment in whole regions, not specifically for people with health problems and/or elderly.
  - pochamago 6y ago
    It's not just the sick and elderly who die of heatstroke
humanrebar 6y ago
Heating freezing temperatures to livable takes more energy than air conditioning. Logically, we should frown upon living in cold places with extended winter more than we frown upon living in places that require air conditioning.
- tarsinge 6y ago
  Sure, I‘m not debating AC vs Heating, but that installing AC alone in the majority of the millions of European homes that don’t have it because it’s starting to get too hot in the summer is not only not a solution to the general problem but can have perverse short term effects. My point about being grateful is that I hope it’ll push more awareness and starting action now, compared to the US where prevalent AC might hide the issue longer. But that’s just a thought.