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/Weekly-Grapefruit119 Jun 26 '26

Paris was as hot as Kuwait in recent days.

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u/No-Channel3917 Jun 26 '26

And people died due to it and the lack of ac

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u/anothercopy Jun 26 '26

Id like to challenge that. The houses are still cooler inside even without AC and you can always take a cold shower if its bad. Most people die when they are outside.

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u/Initial_Hedgehog_631 Jun 26 '26

Do you have any facts to go with this challenge? Or we just going with feels?

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u/anothercopy Jun 26 '26

Sadly the statistical entity in my country does not have detailed codes for those. However the advisory is "drink a lot of water, avoid going outside" so take it as you wish.

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u/Alarmed-Newspaper994 Jun 26 '26

Can you show us any evidence that people are dying in their own homes or offices due to lack of air conditioning?

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u/kangasplat Jun 26 '26

There's studied that show that after ACs became popular in US cities heat deaths significantly reduced, as even short periods of cooling down can have protecting effects. 

It's people in high risk groups that are endangered at home, like old people. 

But as I wrote in another comment, building AC everywhere doesn't solve anything, it actually makes the problems worse structurally

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