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The funniest argument and the reason I share this is that since the utilities company that provides the tram service has a ratified goal of becoming CO2-Neutral eventually, they've elected to not buy ACs since they'd consume about 7 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year and ACs aren't sustainable. I assume the 50°C tram is gonna be a big hit as per transportation in the upcoming summers.

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Every HVAC nerd in the world will be quick to tell you that heat pumps get like 500% efficiency through what's basically magic but yeah sure comfortable conditions is just a boondoggle

Euros, you people don't know what hot summers are like, y'all ain't seen shit yet. The lack of foresight is astounding. You aren't going to survive weeks of 100F 80+ humidity without A/C, other extreme measures (like basement/structures built to keep cool, things you can't prepare the day of), or just getting lucky with your life while the less healthy die

I get very frustrated when I see Europeans act like it's some moral thing, this weird British stoicism (but seemingly affecting the continent) of "A/C is nice and all but we're not going to contribute to the problem!" as if the electricity used for A/C is the only waste they can fathom or imagine foregoing and as if they literally cannot imagine circumstances in which they might die without it

no this isn't just me justifying spending money to replace our hvac system why would you think that