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'It's inhumane.' Despite how hot it is, Tennessee renters don't have a right to air conditioning (www.newschannel5.com)
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Despite how hot it is, landlords in Tennessee are not required to keep the air conditioning running.

In our changing climate, that probably comes as a surprise.

However, unless it's in the lease, nothing in Tennessee's Landlord-Tenant Act gives renters the right to air conditioning.

"I think it's unfair. It's inhumane to me because without air we can't live and breathe," said Anita Brown.

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[–] 41 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Why does your version of climate change mitigation include intractable suffering from the poor and minorities?

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  • [+] -30 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Nice strawman argument, not really what I said haha

    It does not matter whether you're poor or minority or what. In Europe we all have to suffer. And 31°C is also quite common here in summer and barely anyone as AC.

    There are some edge cases where it would make sense to have a right to it (medical conditions e.g.) but besides that I think it's just an american privilege debate.

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  • [+] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)
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  • [+] -15 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    2500 people die because of heat... Sure it sucks but that's like almost nothing

    https://nypost.com/2021/07/14/more-die-of-cold-medias-heat-death-climate-obsession-leads-to-lousy-fixes/

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Houses are required to have heating so why shouldn’t we just change it to include cooling as well? Or maybe in your mind we should go the other way and stop requiring heating so we can all suffer in the winter too?

    Btw plenty of people in Europe do have AC, it’s just that they usually tend to be portable units that can only cool one room at a time.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Personally I don’t see how this is even a privileged question but consumer protection. If I rent an apartment with an air conditioner, yes I expect it to work.

    EU generally has better consumer protection than US: would they not apply here?

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