Air conditioners remove heat in one place, at the expense of creating more heat somewhere else. And it's environmentally even worse if their energy source consumes fossil fuels.
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Climate action won't save lives here and now. Obviously it's important - but the consequences are here, and long-term preventative goals won't help anyone currently dying of heat stroke.
You need one room in your home that won't slowly kill you.
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Climatisation in an extreme heatwave is as much a human right for all people as heating during a extreme cold snap. Period.
There is no dilemma "AC or climate action". Both are necessary.
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We'll need more A/C. But it is a temporary emergency measure, not a solution that adresses the cause.
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Air conditioning industry has a wealthy lobby. Human livability doesn't.
Funny who politicians listen to most.
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