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The reason that "it's ok we have AC" is a dumbass small brain take is that the "it" that is allegedly ok in this scenario is global warming. AC won't save most of the planet from the consequences of our choices and actions.
Still though.
In europe we average out somwhere between 3 to 4000kwh per year for a household, where in the US it's 10k upwards, which looks like a dramatic difference.
But we haven't really looped in the fact that in Europe we mainly rely on natural gas solutions for climate control/heating, hot water and cooking.
Ofcouse they also use gas in the US, and invariably the fact that we don't really cool our houses in the summer still works out to a lower usage overall i'm sure, but as we also shift to heat pumps I'm sure this'll change.
Most people don't cool their house because they can't, not because of some principle against it. When people start replacing their gas heaters with heatpumps they can, and i'm sure they will.
We also can't ignore we don't really have those Arizona climates here. Americans that complain about any lack of AC also forget that.
I think for the future we need to get green energy for very cheap here in Germany and Europe. Everything should be electric including mobility, cooling, heating etc.
The future is not looking bright right now with the governments we have but I think technology wise that's the future.
If I didn't have AC, my very old asbestos ridden apartment would be over 110° farenheit. That's 43° Celsius. I guess Europeans don't give a shit about the giant corporations though. They just expect us and our pets to die.
Weird strawman here. No one's saying to not use AC, it's just not the solution to the actual problem and we shouldn't pretend that it is because it's convenient and "good enough" for now.
It's not a straw man as an American who voted for Harris. I hate trump just as much as the rest of world does. The hate all Americans shit is mostly why I decided to humanize myself. We're not all fucking maga nazis
Happy for you, I guess. Maybe next time you'll bring an actual argument to the discussion :)
I did and explained myself, you decided you respond with what you thought was a witty retort and nothing of actual substance to add to your argument