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In the US, at least, air conditioning is somewhat common from what I know. It was as hot as +35 in northwest part of Russia last week, for several days, with su

In the US, at least, air conditioning is somewhat common from what I know. It was as hot as +35 in northwest part of Russia last week, for several days, with sun barely coming down at night, and that felt like a torture at times. Some historical records were broken.

TeMPOraL 5y ago
Whoever is building and selling ACs these days, I think these companies are a good investment right now. Summers in Europe are on track to become unlivable without air conditioners in individual homes; I give it few more years before everyone and their dog will want to buy one.
- fomine3 5y ago
  Sadly they also have been affected by the chip shortage.
cryptoz 5y ago
> In the US, at least, air conditioning is somewhat common from what I know. I think you are misinformed. Some areas have it for sure, but in some very large population areas like the Pacific Northwest (say, 20M people), it is very rare. I know that 0 of the houses in my neighborhood have AC originally. [1] Any AC that someone has now was purchased in the last few days, and many people cannot afford to purchase a window unit or portable unit. [1] This is knowable because nighttime sound has skyrcoketed. It used to much quieter at night here, but now, after 8pm or so when the car noise is less, you can hear the blasting of everyone's new window unit as it struggled to keep up.
freeflight 5y ago
> In the US, at least, air conditioning is somewhat common from what I know. Afaik that depends on the specific region in the US. Some states have hot regions where AC is common, but plenty of others don't because heat didn't used to be as common as it's now, thus the sudden need for cooling to such a degree that even public cooling shelters are a thing [0] Another factor, even for places with AC, is that their infrastructure and AC is built to certain heat expectations, if the weather goes outside these expected then the infrastructure can't cope. A version of that was the Texas electricity grid failing during the sudden high demand of a "real" winter. [0] https://www.axios.com/northwest-heat-dome-global-warming-5915a972-20d2-4c62-bdd7-ac3ae609e4b4.html https://www.axios.com/northwest-heat-dome-global-warming-591...
- dharmab 5y ago
  Even in hot regions, existing cooling systems may not be designed for higher temperatures happening earlier in the year.
Klonoar 5y ago
I mean, specifically for areas in the PNW it has not be historically common. It's part of why the region struggles to deal with the heat. It's also arguable that AC is part of the problem, e.g Singapore.

TeMPOraL 5y ago

Whoever is building and selling ACs these days, I think these companies are a good investment right now. Summers in Europe are on track to become unlivable without air conditioners in individual homes; I give it few more years before everyone and their dog will want to buy one.

fomine3 5y ago
Sadly they also have been affected by the chip shortage.

cryptoz 5y ago

> In the US, at least, air conditioning is somewhat common from what I know. I think you are misinformed. Some areas have it for sure, but in some very large population areas like the Pacific Northwest (say, 20M people), it is very rare. I know that 0 of the houses in my neighborhood have AC originally. [1] Any AC that someone has now was purchased in the last few days, and many people cannot afford to purchase a window unit or portable unit. [1] This is knowable because nighttime sound has skyrcoketed. It used to much quieter at night here, but now, after 8pm or so when the car noise is less, you can hear the blasting of everyone's new window unit as it struggled to keep up.

freeflight 5y ago

> In the US, at least, air conditioning is somewhat common from what I know. Afaik that depends on the specific region in the US. Some states have hot regions where AC is common, but plenty of others don't because heat didn't used to be as common as it's now, thus the sudden need for cooling to such a degree that even public cooling shelters are a thing [0] Another factor, even for places with AC, is that their infrastructure and AC is built to certain heat expectations, if the weather goes outside these expected then the infrastructure can't cope. A version of that was the Texas electricity grid failing during the sudden high demand of a "real" winter. [0] https://www.axios.com/northwest-heat-dome-global-warming-5915a972-20d2-4c62-bdd7-ac3ae609e4b4.html https://www.axios.com/northwest-heat-dome-global-warming-591...

dharmab 5y ago
Even in hot regions, existing cooling systems may not be designed for higher temperatures happening earlier in the year.

Klonoar 5y ago

I mean, specifically for areas in the PNW it has not be historically common. It's part of why the region struggles to deal with the heat. It's also arguable that AC is part of the problem, e.g Singapore.