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Wow, didn't expect to be downvoted on something that is so obviously aligned with what I see around me. It is a very strange feeling, very different from down

Wow, didn't expect to be downvoted on something that is so obviously aligned with what I see around me. It is a very strange feeling, very different from downvoted posts that present unpopular opinions. It makes me look at some statistics https://www.statista.com/statistics/911064/worldwide-air-conditioning-penetration-rate-country/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/911064/worldwide-air-con... https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/air-conditioning-usage-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/air-condi... https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52558 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=52558 https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220723-france-does-not-use-much-air-conditioning-and-wants-to-keep-it-that-way https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20220723-france-does-not-use-mu... https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFrance/comments/vhs8dn/how_common_is_air_conditioning/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskFrance/comments/vhs8dn/how_commo... Apparently, Japan, USA and now China are huge users of AC in personal homes (like more than 90% of them). That's in sharp contrast with what is observed in most of Europe, including France where I live. I never had the opportunity to travel to any of this country, so indeed I was totally blind of this extrem gap in use from my own personal experience.

BenjiWiebe 2y ago
We had window unit A/C in our very-poorly-insulated 100 year old farmhouse, when I was growing up and money was very tight, as in if we go shopping and eat out, you're getting water to drink, sharing a meal, and no dessert. Not like starvation levels of poverty but still, money was tight. A/C was not considered optional, even if you could theoretically remain alive when the temperature was over 100F every day for weeks straight and stayed in the 80s (or even 90s) at night.

BenjiWiebe 2y ago

We had window unit A/C in our very-poorly-insulated 100 year old farmhouse, when I was growing up and money was very tight, as in if we go shopping and eat out, you're getting water to drink, sharing a meal, and no dessert. Not like starvation levels of poverty but still, money was tight. A/C was not considered optional, even if you could theoretically remain alive when the temperature was over 100F every day for weeks straight and stayed in the 80s (or even 90s) at night.