Posted on 07/02/2026 9:51:49 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
The European Heatwave today is not a maiden occurrence. But why is air conditioning still a foreign concept in Europe?
More than 20,000 perished following a record-breaking heat dome over Europe in August 2003, the Met Office stated. Many European countries sweltered through their highest temperatures ever, only to have those records broken this year.
Forest fires, melting glaciers, low lake and river levels, and worst of all, deaths from heat stroke, dehydration, and drowning, were reported in many European countries in 2003. Some 15,000 people died in France, over 3,100 in Italy, around 2,000 in the UK and Portugal, and around 1,500 in the Netherlands.
Why Is Air Conditioning Uncommon Across Europe?
The 2003 incident should have already alerted Europeans that extreme heat is possible and home and commercial air conditioning should be the norm. However, that is not the case as only about 20% of Europeans own air conditioning systems, compared to 90% in the US.
Most European leaders don't look at air conditioning as the answer to the heat. 'Putting in an AC is a short-term solution, but it may exacerbate the problem because you're increasing the heat in the outside environment,' said Ine Vandecasteele, an expert in the Climate Risk and Resilience Unit of the European Environment Agency.
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Uh, dumbassery?
Some pigs are more equal than others.
Because they’ve bought into every “climate crisis” they’ve been lied to about.
,,, as long as there's a crisis, there's always an expert. I bet his house has aircon.
Because heat kills the elderly. The medically expensive ones.
“The societal dead weight,” the socialists say.
Brainwashed idiots, can’t fix stupid.
Nuke them from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.
I was in France in May 2006 to take a tour of the D-Day Landing beaches. I remember people talking about the heat-related deaths that always occurred in France during the summer. I just did a search for 2006, and found that 2,065 died that summer.
Why do so many die over there from heat? It’s weird.
Communism. Jimmy Carter tried that crap in the 70s and we shot him out the torpedo tube. I don’t know if there’s a Ronald Reagan in Europe’s or New York’s future but that is what it’s going to take.
“..........deaths from heat stroke, dehydration, and drowning.....”
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Shade, fans, water, electrolytes, planning around in-climate weather, and learn how to flipping swim!
No AC needed. In fact, there are You Tube videos how to convert a floor fan into an AC.....cheap. I live in the tropics.....it works.
The Euroweenies haven’t had good tech for 80 years. WW Eleven crushed them.
The reason the 2003 heatwave killed so many in France was because it occurred in August. August is when so many Frenchies take long vacations …. and LEAVE ELDERLY MOMS AND DADS AT HOME in their non air-conditioned apartments to fend for themselves.
For the same reason so many elderly die in Chicago in the summer heat. Old, poor & no AC.
They always think it will never get this bad again.
Give it up, pal. As trolls go, you are awfully transparent.
The 2003 heatwave is well documented and just verified *again* by AI.
True. But up until today, London temps were in the high 90s. That's a fact. How do I know? Because my mother-in-law, who's British, lives there. She's been bitching about it all week.
Now, moving on, all last week, my close friend; a fellow American who owns a vacation home in Southern France and is there right now, told me that while he was in Paris last week the temps were over 100, day after day.
A British friend, who just drove from London to my town in Sicily with his girl in a classic convertible with no A/C, said temps were absolutely brutal from London through France and right to Genoa where he hopped a ferry to Palermo.
Now on to Italy (Sicily), where I live: Northern Italy and Sardinia have been baking all week with temps as high as ~105. However, here in Sicily, it hasn't been bad with temps just touching the high 80s but with high humidity. Usually, we get the absolutely roasting but dry air here and the North is usually cooler. But the 40+ days are coming here within a few weeks.
Why don't Europeans use A/C? Here in Sicily, a lot of the houses have split units, but I almost never see them running, probably because 1) electricity rates are very high here and 2) Sicilians are notorious cheapskates. I installed a partial solar electric system in my place so if necessary I crank my A/C up until I'm shivering!
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