Why don’t we just all get ac?

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Honestly, it’s what the rest of the world does…

Air conditioning on its own isn't the answer. The government needs to massively subsidise people putting up solar panels first. We live in Australia and received a large subsidy for both solar panels and a battery. At that point, we installed air conditioning because it was worth having it as it's free to run during the summer. It also means our reverse cycle heating in the winter is almost free too. Not quite because of the shorter days, but mostly, and if we use our battery efficiently, the heating lasts throughout the night.

I realise the UK gets far fewer sunny hours than we do, but modern solar panels are far more efficient than they used to be and make a huge difference even in Northern Europe. Scandinavia has invested in this and a surprising number of houses there are now almost energy sufficient.

The government needs to look far more seriously at root and branch reform and subsidise insulation, solar panels, batteries, and cavity wall insulation, rather than just tinkering around the edges with quick fixes.

We are planning to move, we’ve agreed ac is the first thing going in, I'm not struggling through another heatwave because ‘it’s only a few days a year’

Because it would, ironically, contribute to climate change for the sake of 2 weeks a year.

Its expensive to buy and to run, it is electricity hungry and directly contributes to climate change.

Our previous flat had aircon, we stopped using it as when we did we discovered it was adding £7-8 a day to our electricity bill, and we were only using it in the bedrooms in the evening.