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As a non-American,I can't understand for the life of me why a lot of American homes are equipped with home-wide underfloor heating systems and AC's running on f

As a non-American,I can't understand for the life of me why a lot of American homes are equipped with home-wide underfloor heating systems and AC's running on freaking diesel just to be able to walk around home with shorts and t-shirts. And I too live in an area where it gets frigid in winter but it's nothing a wool sweater and a blanket can't fix.

ajaynv31 4y ago
You can’t understand why a lot of American homes are equipped with home wide underfloor heating systems cos most homes are not equipped that way - where is this idea even coming from ? Source : lived in america for a decade and make decent money and my million dollar home has absolutely big standard heating and cooling. Underfloor heating is a luxury and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in a home in all my time here.
dragonwriter 4y ago
> As a non-American,I can't understand for the life of me why a lot of American homes are equipped with home-wide underfloor heating systems and AC's running on freaking diesel just to be able to walk around home with shorts and t-shirts. As an American, I can’t understand for the life of me where anyone would get the idea that either of these is a common thing. I mean, an AC running on diesel isn't completely unheard of, in that a house might have both AC and a diesel backup generator, but underfloor heating or anything in the home powered primarily by diesel are not even remotely common.
- nkurz 4y ago
  Doesn't explain the AC, which I agree is really rare, but in some parts of the US (North East) fuel oil is commonly used for winter heating. Depending on grade, fuel oil is sometimes synonymous with diesel, with the two are being served from the same tank. Map here: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=3690 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=3690 (with "fuel oil" being called "heating oil").

ajaynv31 4y ago

You can’t understand why a lot of American homes are equipped with home wide underfloor heating systems cos most homes are not equipped that way - where is this idea even coming from ? Source : lived in america for a decade and make decent money and my million dollar home has absolutely big standard heating and cooling. Underfloor heating is a luxury and I don’t think I’ve ever seen it in a home in all my time here.

dragonwriter 4y ago

> As a non-American,I can't understand for the life of me why a lot of American homes are equipped with home-wide underfloor heating systems and AC's running on freaking diesel just to be able to walk around home with shorts and t-shirts. As an American, I can’t understand for the life of me where anyone would get the idea that either of these is a common thing. I mean, an AC running on diesel isn't completely unheard of, in that a house might have both AC and a diesel backup generator, but underfloor heating or anything in the home powered primarily by diesel are not even remotely common.

nkurz 4y ago
Doesn't explain the AC, which I agree is really rare, but in some parts of the US (North East) fuel oil is commonly used for winter heating. Depending on grade, fuel oil is sometimes synonymous with diesel, with the two are being served from the same tank. Map here: https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=3690 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=3690 (with "fuel oil" being called "heating oil").