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Unfortunately AC is going to become a necessary reality even in countries where it is traditionally avoided, like the UK or mainland Europe. Here in Germany we
by bowsamic 4y ago
Unfortunately AC is going to become a necessary reality even in countries where it is traditionally avoided, like the UK or mainland Europe. Here in Germany we had to buy one for our rabbits, who will simply die without it. In the UK it will reach 40 next week across many areas of the country. An article on the Guardian says that we can avoid AC in these extreme weather situations by using techniques such as "opening windows". Totally delusional. Then you have the UK climate deniers which are extremely numerous and are claiming that 40C is a totally normal and expected part of the British summer.
I think that it will not be long before believing in anthropogenic climate change will become political suicide, since who wants to hear the bad news that we have no solution for? Even worse are those who claim that "we will solve it with science, we always do". It is already too late, and the momentum is getting insane. Nothing we can do about it. A billion brown people will die, and all white people will have AC.
- tintedfireglass 4y agohow does 40C in UK compared to 40c in the tropics? is it heat directly from the sun? Or is the atmosphere hot? or does the ground radiate heat? these three different types of 40C have different mitigation strategies but will be given the same number (40C) by weather report sources. All heat is not the same. humid 40C is completely different from dry 40C. Each of these various types of heat will have different effects on our health and efficiency and have different strategies to mitigate it.
- bowsamic 4y agoI'm not sure what you're trying to say, but yeah 40C is much more severe in the UK than it is in the tropics for a huge number of reasons: lack of shade from trees (generally UK is pretty treeless in suburbs), more humid, no shutters on windows, etc.
- politelemon 4y agoAnd buildings designed to trap heat.
- tintedfireglass 4y agoby tropics I don't mean something like the bornean rainforest. many cities like Dubai, Lagos, Mumbai, Cairo, Bangkok, Jakarta all exist in the tropics.