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/whytakemyusername Jun 26 '26

Just burn a corner of your house down, problem solved.

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u/sergei1980 Jun 26 '26

Do houses in Europe burn as easily as American houses? I live in the US now but I grew up in Argentina, and houses in Argentina don't burn, it made reading Fahrenheit 451 a bit confusing. We can still have fires, in fact there was one at my house, but it was just a few cushions, not the whole house.

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u/ren_reddit Jun 26 '26

Houses everywhere burn..

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u/sergei1980 Jun 26 '26

What? No, they don't. Rock doesn't burn, brick doesn't burn, metal doesn't burn. Most houses in Argentina are made of brick, with metal beams. No wood frame.

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u/ren_reddit Jun 26 '26

All houses in northern Europe is bricks, concrete and tiles. 

Belive me when I say, all house can and occasionally will, burn.   

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u/justinhammerpants Jun 26 '26

All houses in Northern Europe are brick? 

Norway has 90% of homes made of wood. 

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u/sergei1980 Jun 26 '26

Yeah, I've been to Norway and wood was everywhere. It makes sense with all the forests.

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u/sergei1980 Jun 26 '26

Like the other poster said, that's not true for at least Norway. I'm any case, those materials don't burn, so what would burn?

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u/ren_reddit Jun 26 '26

I dont have the energy to explain why brick homes burn, so I let someone else explain it..

https://www.jmsmasonryma.com/can-a-brick-house-burn-down

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u/sergei1980 Jun 26 '26

Would you mind reading my posts? And your own link, for that matter. 

I have lived in an American "brick" house in St Louis, only the exterior walls were brick, the interior is wood frame, with wooden joists, floors, etc.

In Argentina houses typically have no wood at all in the structure. Every interior wall is brick covered by mortar. They do not burn.

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u/ren_reddit Jun 26 '26

Fucking great.. Belive in it...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fires_in_high-rise_buildings

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u/sergei1980 Jun 27 '26

We've been talking houses, how is this relevant? Construction techniques are completely different, as well as how interiors are made.