> Wow. Europe is poor. Edit : parent has since edited his message to something else, my reply was to his original comment, comprised strictly of what I quoted.

> Wow. Europe is poor. Edit : parent has since edited his message to something else, my reply was to his original comment, comprised strictly of what I quoted. Wow, you lack knowledge of the matter? I wonder what makes you think it's a money thing, because it's not. Even brand new homes built today may not have any AC, or only AC in a few specific pieces, simply be cause of the need: you didn't need AC at any time of the year before, a very hot day meant 35 degrees Celsius. The need now comes from climate change and heatwave being more common and hitting harder, year after year. As for the actual comment : I don't think your understand the difference between the traditional heat in Singapore and the Mediterranean heat, those are at two very different point of the scale...