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Marmalademorning · 26/05/2026 13:03

OMG, this has to be one of the most rediculous posts I’ve ever read on here 😂🤡

WheretheFishesareFrightening · 26/05/2026 13:01

Meh, I’m at peace with my air con run entirely by energy generated from my solar panels.

We live in an old-ish house, and rooms like the hallway are lovely and cool, but anything with windows or doors get quite warm, even with shutters and blinds.

fabstraction · 26/05/2026 13:00

Do what you want. When it's hot, I want and need AC. I'm sure there are things you use/do that are bad for the environment, too. Let's ban those first.

JaneFondue · 26/05/2026 12:56

I would be happy for AI to at least be tightly regulated. The US is moving its data centres to Asia because it knows they suck up water.

FasterMichelin · 26/05/2026 12:55

MangoMilkWhip · 26/05/2026 11:27

No. Ban AI first. Why should we all boil while the super rich devastate the planet with AI

Totally agree. AI is awful for the human race for so many reasons, I can’t believe we’re sleepwalking into it.

Imlyingandthatsthetruth · 26/05/2026 12:53

The contribution from AC to Global warming is between 3.2 and 4%, but that contribution is caused by electricity consumption and leaking refrigerant (says Google, so it must be right). Not because the AC warms the planet. So yes, of course all sources of global warming should be reduced or eliminated, but you've got to hit the biggest contributors as priority, and that remains burning fossil fuels. Greta can protest in Europe until the cows come home, until she's waving her banners in Shanghai nothing will change (and nothing due to her then). So, interesting pov, but wrong target (IMO).

NotSureFeelingLost · 26/05/2026 12:52

Planets fucked anyway, I may as well be comfortable.

babasaclover · 26/05/2026 12:49

@chaosmakerare you the same person who posted this last year? You are being short sighted - people in hot countries would die without air conditioning.

as it is in south east England I’ve had over 20 years and makes sleeping possible meaning getting up and driving the next day is safer. So many angry people about cause of a bad nights sleep

CraftyGin · 26/05/2026 12:49

chaosmaker · 26/05/2026 11:12

On a rapidly heating planet, shouldn't we be looking for ways to build/fit housing for all sorts of extreme weather?
Air-con just makes it hotter for everyone overall as it adds heat into the environment and makes it worse overall.

Well, we have air conditioning in our house, but we rarely use it (even this week). Best of both worlds.

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chaosmaker · 26/05/2026 12:49

GeneralPeter · 26/05/2026 11:47

Does it really though?

I think AI may be devastating, but not via environmental damage.

Intelligence from a machine is far more carbon efficient than from a human.

And total US data centre water usage is one-sixtieth of water usage for almond production.

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I'd get rid of Cola Cola - ridiculous amounts of water wasted.
Of course I'd ban AI. Used masses of water, stops employment for many entry level positions and takes creative jobs. It also steals and lies though many people will believe it regardless.
Many good points made on the thread so far. Will keep reading.

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JaneFondue · 26/05/2026 12:48

Tinytwinle · 26/05/2026 12:47

I had A/C fitted in all rooms a few years ago when we hit 40s in the uk.
No way am i going through that again.

That was 2022, I think? It hit 40 in London. I should have put in some aircon then, but I stupidly held out hoping it was an anomaly.

Tinytwinle · 26/05/2026 12:47

I had A/C fitted in all rooms a few years ago when we hit 40s in the uk.
No way am i going through that again.

Iocanepowder · 26/05/2026 12:46

Great, build lots of new housing for warm weather then.

And all the houses that already exist?

Jellox · 26/05/2026 12:45

We definitely don’t need it in the UK but some countries definitely do.

We don’t even really need heating in this country but some countries definitely do.

I do agree with you about building buildings that are better at staying cool/warm and I assume they already try and do that now.
It would obviously be much better for everyone including the planet and our bank balance, if we didn’t have to use aircon or heating at all.

Northermcharn · 26/05/2026 12:43

chaosmaker · 26/05/2026 11:12

On a rapidly heating planet, shouldn't we be looking for ways to build/fit housing for all sorts of extreme weather?
Air-con just makes it hotter for everyone overall as it adds heat into the environment and makes it worse overall.

Yeah. Try that In Saudi Arabia, see how it goes.

JaneFondue · 26/05/2026 12:43

CJFJ1 · 26/05/2026 12:42

Indeed. Try the deep level Underground lines (i.e. Central, Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern, Victoria, Piccadilly) in London on a day like today if you dare... like stepping into a sauna on those trains.

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I take the Tube daily and today was an absolute sauna.

CJFJ1 · 26/05/2026 12:42

GardenTable · 26/05/2026 11:33

Trains would be unbearable without air con.

Indeed. Try the deep level Underground lines (i.e. Central, Bakerloo, Jubilee, Northern, Victoria, Piccadilly) in London on a day like today if you dare... like stepping into a sauna on those trains.

Flamingojune · 26/05/2026 12:35

I wonder what consumes more energy - heating cold parts of the world or cooling hot parts

JaneFondue · 26/05/2026 12:30

mummymeister · 26/05/2026 12:30

So are you prepared for all the people that live in countries where without aircon a significant number of them will die, to come and live in your temperate zone?

thought not. because thats the only answer isnt it. either we squash up and let them share our bit of the planet or they die.

They are already dying. Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months | AP News

Local tourists cover their heads to shield from the heat as they buy drinking water bottles, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. A monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected ca...

Extreme heat in India has killed more than 100 people in the past three and a half months

Data from India's Health Ministry shows a monthslong heat wave across swathes of India has killed more than 100 people and led to over 40,000 suspected cases of heat stroke in the last three and a half months.

https://apnews.com/article/india-heatwave-deaths-heat-stroke-climate-change-880f26e3b8eeb066d2db2308502783d2

FlyingApple · 26/05/2026 12:30

You can do what you want, as can others.

TwinklySquid · 26/05/2026 12:30

The problem we have in the UK is we get very cold weather then very hot. In hot countries or cold countries, they can adapt the houses as the temp is fairly consistent.
We’d need to build houses that could keep heat in during the winter but let it out in the summer. I don’t know if such a design exists and whether it would be cost effective.

mummymeister · 26/05/2026 12:30

So are you prepared for all the people that live in countries where without aircon a significant number of them will die, to come and live in your temperate zone?

thought not. because thats the only answer isnt it. either we squash up and let them share our bit of the planet or they die.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 26/05/2026 12:29

UK building standards have a lot of stuff about heat regulation for new homes and other buildings. Approved Document
O is about overheating.

StephensLass1977 · 26/05/2026 12:29

Well in Britain we don't have it in our homes anyway. It certainly is not standard, and costs thousands to install.

In cars, offices and shops - we so rarely have the need for it, why do you begrudge the little bit of keeping cool that we do need to do? Other countries don't seem to care as much as we do, still use plastic straws etc. Why is it always we in the UK who have to go without?

HeBeaverandSheBeaver · 26/05/2026 12:28

I’d ban temu and shein first if im
honest.