Humidity is the ultimate cause for the need of air conditioning. I don't believe European humidity levels approach levels in which a fan is not reasonable to cool off
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#102If you live by the sea or on a boat, you don't need AC
I live by the sea, it was 28C last night, will be 30C tonight, I absolutely need AC. Sadly I have to get a mobile AC unit, which are the worst, but well :/
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#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
> There's never a mention of a lack of tree canopy in vast parts of the city, or that reflective pavements and green roofs are nonexistent. Can you expand on this? Because it feels like greening is always a pressing topic for any architect working here[0][1]. [0]: https://gruenstattgrau.at/news/ [1]: https://www.wien.gv.at/spezial/klimafahrplan/klimaanpassung-...
I was referring more to everyday discourse rather than city initiatives. Apologies for the confusion. And my criticism is mainly of the city in its current form. I'm appreciative of the efforts from the city, but walking around Neubau, it's hard to describe it as anything other than a concrete jungle.
I mean Neubau (1070) is the concrete jungle in central Vienna. I don't now how that district can be so popular tbh.
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#104The article is all over the place. I thought the point will be about using your home as a "battery" to store what your panels produce during the day in the form of cool air. But I think the punchline is already in the first paragraph: > Yanks holidaying in Europe expect cool comfort, and grow surly on finding that many old-world buildings require them to sweat and bear it. And there's of course the ever present AI dr…
I just love how Europe became American vassals the moment they refused to do what America wants.
I mean, huge part of the EU population is USA cultural vassal. Not being one is almost considered as a social distinction for some.
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#105Why has this become a meme? Sure aircon is nice but there are also reasons why it's not common in some parts of Europe. Here in central Prague a lot of the buildings are historic and protected, so you can't just gouge out a section of the building to install an aircon. Also it's generally only hot enough for aircon maybe 2-4 weeks a year. I'm seeing more and more American's yapping about not having aircon in Europe.…
Meanwhile ~40 (mostly young) people drowned in France recently trying to cool off as temperatures exceeded 100F around Paris. It's true that historically Europe is cooler than similar latitudes in North America. But there's also an anti-AC movement in Europe based partly on environmentalism, partly on reflexive anti-Americanism, and partly due to a general preference for "naturalness"/suspicion of anything new.
Meanwhile the US has a 1.31 drownings per 100 000 inhabitants and France 0.81 per 100 000 inhabitants. 60% less than the US.
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#106How about learning to love fans? Imho ac is only really needed for sleeping.
This. Having survived dozens of mediterranean village summers without A/C, I am genuinely puzzled how it came to be considered a necessity. Is it "modern" construction methods that turned buildings into heat batteries? So, it became a necessity in the cities, and then spread everywhere because we became spoiled and our collective tolerance to heat dropped?
Last night, or rather this morning, the temperature reached it's lowest at 5 AM: 28C. When I woke up two hours later we had 33, and when I started working at 9, 38. The thermometer then reached 43 at noon, where it it still stuck 4 hours 45 minutes later, despite the rising humidity (I live by the sea), making the humidex reach 51. The temperature won't be below 34 before midnight, and might be below 30 at 5AM tomorrow morning.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't think it has to do with all the dying from a heatwave going on there?
We have a major continental war raging on for years here with combined casualties of well over a million people. Which you're adamant is none of your business. So no, I don't think so.
*half of the maga trump shits are adamant.
In case you haven't noticed, they are waning fast.
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It's because there's a big heat wave in certain parts of Europe right now. I'm not American (I'm Finnish), but I have also thought how weird it is that in central/western europe AC is so rare. I has definitely been needed for decades already in places like Germany and France.
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#109I wonder why the apartment buildings in the US never have mini splits but always use PTACs or window units. In my opinion, they suck.
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#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just love how Europe became American vassals the moment they refused to do what America wants.
I mean, huge part of the EU population is USA cultural vassal. Not being one is almost considered as a social distinction for some.
What you just wrote literally does not mean anything.