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Meanwhile, by next summer I need to have my european home (northern romania, at about the same latitude as austria and the south of germany) fully covered by ai
by nottorp 2y ago
Meanwhile, by next summer I need to have my european home (northern romania, at about the same latitude as austria and the south of germany) fully covered by air conditioning.
I absolutely didn't need it until, say, last year. And since last year repeated this year, I'm not waiting any more.
I would get it installed now but everyone is out of stock :)
And yes, this article is subtly selling something.
- andersa 2y agoYep, the time where we don't need AC in Europe is long over. But the laws haven't caught up with this development yet (i.e. no mandatory AC in apartment buildings yet, or worse, some landlords actually seem to think they can forbid you from having it) which is very frustrating.
- theshrike79 2y agoI got an AC heat pump installed 3 years ago, because the literal walls in my apartment were too hot to lean on after the constant sun + extremely well done insulation + massive walls. Before that I can remember only a handful of nights in the last 20 years I had trouble sleeping because it was too hot.
- nottorp 2y agoJust to nitpick a bit, all AC units are heat pumps :)
- benfortuna 2y agoEvaporative AC?
- Izkata 2y agoThose are generally called coolers, not air conditioners, because they add moisture to the air instead of removing it. They're also not even remotely as strong, and barely do anything in high humidity.
- nottorp 2y agoI have a few friends that tried portable evaporative cooling units. They basically do nothing, they said. And that was before we started to get 38-40 C highs.
- euroderf 2y agoCars in Finland didn't used to have A/C (1980s). But now they do.