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/MGPS Jun 26 '26

Yea I was just changing flights there and the whole terminal was hot af. They had crews passing out water and fans.

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u/zh_13 Jun 26 '26

That’s crazy cause they def have AC in the airports, do they literally have less strong AC than in the US lol??? Like the ones in the phoenix airports are cold no matter what

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u/Krazy-Vaclav Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

They keep the AC lower. Even in "climate controlled" metro trains, the temperature is easily 27-30. Only place where I have had good AC here was a bookstore in the Quartier Latin. Ended up dropping hundreds of Euros on books because of how thankful I was to have proper AC.