• CptEnder@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Genuinely curious. Is it safer to stay inside without AC or go outside in shade? Isn’t the ambient air temperature still too dangerous in the shade?

    Anyway whoever starts selling AC to Europe is going to print money.

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      5 months ago

      I lived in Phoenix Arizona where 52 C was the peak of the summer heat. I’m not sure how one would have a regular life without AC. Sleeping in that type of heat is very hard.

      I had a truck with no AC and driving around with the windows open was like opening a convection oven door and letting the fan blow on you.

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      5 months ago

      Is it safer to stay inside without AC or go outside in shade? Isn’t the ambient air temperature still too dangerous in the shade?

      Humidity is a big factor, if humidity is low then evaporative cooling (e.g. sweating) is quite effective. Even more so in a breeze.

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        5 months ago

        Ahhh yeah good point. So somewhere like Pakistan probably has low humidity I’m guessing. Otherwise I feel like being outside at all could be extremely dangerous.

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        5 months ago

        I’ve never had AC at home, and that’s also the case for most people I know. I live in the south of France.

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            5 months ago

            Meh, if your house is built correctly, it is not needed. And you also get used to it.

            I just use a fan during the night, which does the job without having to use so much electricity.

      • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
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        5 months ago

        Depends on the country. A few years ago, there was a heat wave that provoked over 10 deaths in France, while Spain barely registered any despite suffering even harsher temperatures. This is because most homes in Spain have AC, but French ones usually don’t. I would expect this to change in the following decade.

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        5 months ago

        In southern parts of Europe maybe. But in Germany for example they are really rare.

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        5 months ago

        Only in public buildings. We never needed AC with out relatively mild temperature, good insulation and it was seen as a waste of electricity.

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        5 months ago

        I lived in Paris and no one had it besides commercial buildings. But with climate change causing higher temperatures across the region, I think AC modifications of some sort will become the norm. My friend in Spain recently got AC after one summer he had to stay with his friend in Denmark because his house became unlivable. Like it would’ve killed his cat it was so hot inside.