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Why Is Europe So Ill-Equipped to Handle Heat Waves?
- tuatoru 4mo agoBaron von Masoch was European.
- ReptileMan 4mo agoWe are not. Not sure where this myth comes from. >Yet even as the continent continues to face rising temperatures, it's unlikely to become widespread—especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050. Propane is a better refrigerant all the way.
- rationalist 4mo agoIt doesn't seem that way according to the Guardian article linked to in this thread that was also just posted: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679406 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679406
- Jblx2 4mo agohttps://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/paris-bans-public-drinking-takeout-135031265.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/paris-bans-...
- dwroberts 4mo ago> especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050. The US is doing similar with phasing out R-410A, many of the replacements have the same properties the EU is pushing for (lower GWP)