‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f - eviltoast
  • 2Xtreme21@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I buckled and bought a stand-AC a few years ago when I literally couldn’t sleep for days during an insanely hot summer here in Germany. I really try not to use it much but on those days when it’s unbearable it’s literally a lifesaver.

    AC never was popular because it used to be that you never needed it here. You’d have maybe one or two days above 30 a year where I live and that wouldn’t be enough to heat up the concrete walls, so your living space still stayed cool. And at night the temperature would drop and you could simply air out your flat. Now it’s different though and it’s seriously a shame that people still doubt climate change is happening.

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      1 year ago

      Pair it with solar panels, then it doesn’t contribute to climate change and you can run it as much as you want when the sun shines.

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        1 year ago

        Believe me, I would if I could, but my building doesn’t allow us to hang stuff from our balconies. Can’t go about being more energy efficient if it might look too ugly! (/s)