Yeah I'm beginning to realize that, like most online debates, the whole thing is skewed by Americans doing everything in the dumbest way possible. We have a well-insulated flat with integrated AC and I don't feel particularly guilty about using it to keep temps below 30 during the summer. Especially as the electricity here is 80% wind/solar. You do get some chuds here blasting the AC at 23 degrees out of spite, but most people just want to keep their bills down without melting.

I've 'lived' in this heat without AC and it's only possible if you accept that you can't move or wear clothes or work or sleep. It sucked. Lots of people have no choice but to live in such conditions, and they shouldn't have to