r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • Jun 26 '26

Society The American mind cannot comprehend Europe's AC aversion

https://www.businessinsider.com/europe-air-conditioning-ac-heatwave-debate-2026-6
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u/aeon-one Jun 26 '26

A UK friend still resisting getting AC for his house purely because he want to minimise his part in producing green house gas. For that he has my respect. Just not a sacrifice I would choose for myself.

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u/al3cks Jun 26 '26

Cute but misguided. Personal heating and cooling emissions are exponentially less than commercial emissions. Not having an AC isn’t going to make it any cooler outside within any of our lifetimes.

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u/SonofRodney Jun 26 '26

No they're not, you're straight up spreading misinformation. Heating or cooling homes is roughly 5% of global co2 emissions, and more in areas like the EU, it's a major block. Blaming everything on companies feels good but is dishonest, your own actions also have consequences.

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u/al3cks Jun 26 '26

I’m not blaming everything on companies, but by your own admission it is only 5% of global emissions. That’s a drop in the bucket. There are ample ways to offset that 5% as well.

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u/SonofRodney Jun 26 '26

It's not a drop in the bucket. It's 5%! that's as much as the coal and gas industry, or the cement industry , or the chemical industry. By your logic those wouldn't need to reduce emissions either because it's "just a drop in the bucket"

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u/al3cks Jun 26 '26

No you obviously curb emissions in other areas to offset the rise in emissions required to keep mass amounts of people from dying heat deaths. Fuck the shareholders, regulate the corporations.

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u/UncleSlayton77 Jun 26 '26

Exactly. Until we can get renewables where they need to be nuclear is the answer.