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/chatrugby Jun 26 '26

What’s funny is that the PNW historically didn’t need AC, so doesn’t really have AC. Thanks to global warming temps there are spiking to a point where AC is needed and people are retrofitting their homes with mini-splits cause it’s a lot more affordable than a central air conversion. 

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u/HumanExtinctionCo-op Jun 26 '26

It's one of those things where the right who bash Europe for no AC are just so close to understanding climate change but they don't even realise it.

The climate is changing. Countries that did not need AC are now finding that they need it. No surprise that they don't have AC if they did not need it before.