Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

UK orders homeowners to remove AC units during heatwave due to concerns about climate change
notthebee.com ^ | Jun 28, 2026

Posted on 06/28/2026 6:09:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN

Nice to see the UK has its priorities right.

Britons have been ordered to remove air conditioning from their homes - despite the country baking in up to 40C heat this week - under a fresh Net Zero crackdown.

Planning officials at councils have told residents to take down their cooling units over concerns about carbon dioxide emissions.

They say AC, despite the heat, should serve only as a 'last resort'.

But not enough of a "last resort" to, you know, keep you from roasting to death, apparently.

Instead, authorities ordered citizens to exhaust all other forms of avoiding heat stroke.

The crackdown comes from building regulations, which demand 'active cooling' is used only after all 'passive cooling' methods, like opening windows or running fans, have been exhausted.

Yeah, open up those windows and use fans to circulate the hot air throughout your home. That'll be more comfortable.

Enforcement has been even more stringent in London:

One Londoner received orders to 'permanently remove' two cooling units from the rear of their property, The Telegraph revealed.

Camden Council's planning inspectors determined there was 'no justification' for the equipment, ruling it breached the authority's 'cooling hierarchy' policy.

During an appeal, the homeowner was advised to open windows and balcony doors in their first-floor flat to achieve ventilation 'by natural means'.

When the resident raised security concerns in the crime-addled capital, inspectors dismissed these, arguing the risk was not 'as great as those associated with ground floor windows' and suggesting windows could remain closed overnight.

So if you live on the ground floor, you get to choose between dying of heat or letting criminal migrants break into your home to kill you.

And if you decide to live like a civilized chap and install an air conditioner?

Be prepared to face the consequences.

(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: liberaltruth

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-56 next last

1 posted on 06/28/2026 6:09:07 AM PDT by V_TWIN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

This is nice. A more “arid” England will make the Africans and ME folks feel like home. A nice touch. Comfy invaders. British priorities.


2 posted on 06/28/2026 6:17:24 AM PDT by paulcissa (The left hates you and wants you dead.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
Let me get this straight, in the UK, you can have an air conditioner—but when you really need it—you can’t use it.

Makes sense to me../s

3 posted on 06/28/2026 6:19:54 AM PDT by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: paulcissa

This is why I’m seeing YouTube videos of UK world cup fans stunned that our buildings all have air conditioning.

It’s like they’ve never seen it in their lives.


4 posted on 06/28/2026 6:19:57 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: volare737
Yet the elites are nice and comfy. Why? They're better than the huddled masses.

The UK needs a Lexington and Concord moment.

5 posted on 06/28/2026 6:21:16 AM PDT by ealgeone
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Obey. Wear a mask. Obey. Get rid of your A/C. People are simply being conditioned - these commands don’t accomplish anything except to condition and control people.


6 posted on 06/28/2026 6:22:16 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." The Weapons Shops of Isher)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

This is the real reason for Climate Fraud, a police state. Rather than drilling for oil and NatGas to have enough power to make electricity they regulate you into misrey. Ain’t Communism wonderful.


7 posted on 06/28/2026 6:22:24 AM PDT by bray (Thank God for Israel)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Would British authorities really take things this far, just to follow a junk science?

I thought this story might be an exaggeration, so I did a check to see if any mainline news sources were covering it.

Some are. Here’s one:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/air-conditioning-torn-homes-under-171119380.html

From that link:
“Air-con engineers told The Telegraph that they had been called out to remove perfectly operational units worth thousands of pounds across London.”


8 posted on 06/28/2026 6:22:44 AM PDT by Leaning Right
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: volare737

You can’t fix stupid.....or woke either for that matter.


9 posted on 06/28/2026 6:23:14 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN
"Dozens of people lined to get their hands on an air con unit from a Lidl in Southampton"
10 posted on 06/28/2026 6:25:21 AM PDT by DFG
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: volare737

> Let me get this straight, in the UK, you can have an air conditioner… <

No. Evidently you cannot even have an air conditioner. And if you have one, it’s got to go. Take a look at the quote in post #8.


11 posted on 06/28/2026 6:25:27 AM PDT by Leaning Right
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

British genocide.


12 posted on 06/28/2026 6:25:55 AM PDT by Ronald77 (Pop)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

British police handcuffed a kid that had been stabbed because the animal that stabbed him told the cops the kid was a racist, and the kid eventually bled to death.

If they would do that, they would absolutely do this with no hesitation.

The UK is lost.


13 posted on 06/28/2026 6:29:20 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Wonder if the royal family and other government officials are giving up their air conditioning, to help lead by example..


14 posted on 06/28/2026 6:30:20 AM PDT by jughandle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ancesthntr

You forgot: don’t call out migrant’s behaviors, allow them to gang rape your little girls, go to prison if you protest the sexual assaults.


15 posted on 06/28/2026 6:30:52 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: jughandle

That’s what my wife said....”I bet King Charles ain’t sweatin’”.


16 posted on 06/28/2026 6:31:31 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

It might be possible to place an air conditioner upright with the condensing coil set in a shallow pan of water with the faucet running on a trickle.


17 posted on 06/28/2026 6:33:44 AM PDT by Brian Griffin ($324 billion -> Iran; nothing worthwhile for the USA or Israel)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

All this for a stinking scam.


18 posted on 06/28/2026 6:34:39 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: V_TWIN

Face it your government(LOL) wants to kill you


19 posted on 06/28/2026 6:37:58 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Brian Griffin

For hurricane season I have a portable stand in the corner unit that just needs to be vented to atmosphere.

That could be accomplished by venting into an attic space or dedicate a room with an open window and just close the door.

I guess they don’t have those in the UK.

All these brits here for the world cup might want to hang out until October.


20 posted on 06/28/2026 6:41:15 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-56 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson