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/al3cks Jun 26 '26

I’m not blaming everything on companies, but by your own admission it is only 5% of global emissions. That’s a drop in the bucket. There are ample ways to offset that 5% as well.

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u/SonofRodney Jun 26 '26

It's not a drop in the bucket. It's 5%! that's as much as the coal and gas industry, or the cement industry , or the chemical industry. By your logic those wouldn't need to reduce emissions either because it's "just a drop in the bucket"

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u/al3cks Jun 26 '26

No you obviously curb emissions in other areas to offset the rise in emissions required to keep mass amounts of people from dying heat deaths. Fuck the shareholders, regulate the corporations.

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u/UncleSlayton77 Jun 26 '26

Exactly. Until we can get renewables where they need to be nuclear is the answer.