Comment on Americans are asleep, post European windows

Surp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• moitoi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine not having enough insulation to need an AC.

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  • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol have fun cooking with global warming bro

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    • Obi@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      He says, while being the cause of global warming with 24/7 AC.

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      • Surp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Lol what a tool. If I have 100% renewable energy at my house how’s that contributing?

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    • Nalivai@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe isolate your house and turn off the AC and delay global warming for a bit then

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    • SaltyIceteaMaker@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      opens 2 windows each on seperate sides of the house/apartment

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      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doesn’t work as well when it’s 115° outside like much of the US

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• Siegfried@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes you just don’t need it

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  • RoseRose56@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Especially if the house is old, made with stones!

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    • flathead@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes, temperature difference inside to out is amazing with solid masonry and ceiling insulation. No AC required.

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      • AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Disagree. I’ve found stone brick houses to be unbearably hot in the southern US. They turn into an oven.

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  • peopleproblems@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or you live in Minnesota, where half the year it used to be unbearably cold so you needed central heat. Then half the year it was so goddamn humid and hot we needed central AC, or at least a window unit.

    We do get the benefit of having homes with a basement implied to protect both the pipes from freezing and our necks from tornadoes in December now

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    • elephantium@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I live in Minnesota. It’s not quite as bad as you say. Opening windows overnight and closing them in the morning works pretty well to keep the house comfortable for most of the summer…well, except when we’re inundated with smoke from the wildfires.

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• pascal@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The amount of energy wasted in America for all the houses with AC they have, could have propelled an entire society to Mars.

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