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/AssaultLemming_ Jun 26 '26

Australia laughs in "everywhere has AC"

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u/distinctgore Jun 26 '26

Unfortunately we’re also laughing in “nowhere has insulation”…

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u/antoniothesockball94 Jun 26 '26

As an American reading this thread is a hoot. We got shit for having ac, using wood and using insulation and this is why.

If you live somewhere with high temps and cold winters; wood, insulation and hvac are life savers.

A fully brick house with zero hvac in the Deep South of the U.S. would be a death sentence.

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u/alexlucas006 Jun 29 '26

IDK we have limestone block house with thick insulation and ac. It's warm during winter (gets as low as -10 celsius outside) and chill during summer (nowadays gets up to 42-45 in some places hot dayum). And those houses last for generations, unlike wooden houses.