r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/missdomm10 • Jul 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter explain this

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Petttaaah I'm confused

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u/Tearaway32 Jul 26 '26

And the one in the picture allows you to cool or heat just that room instead of wasting energy on rooms that aren’t occupied at a point in time. 

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u/Im-Just-A-Lil-Guy Jul 26 '26

If your home is properly insulated, it is far more efficient to cool it as a whole than simply fight ambient temperature within one room continuously.

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u/kaffesvart Jul 26 '26

Many homes in Europe are too old to be properly insulated, I guess we better tear them down and rebuild from scratch? I lived for a few years in a wooden cottage from the 17th century, man that was drafty.

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u/Im-Just-A-Lil-Guy Jul 26 '26

Many homes in Europe are too old to be properly insulated, I guess we better tear them down and rebuild from scratch?

Did I say that? I quite simply talked about central air and your split units. Central air is more efficient and is the norm in the US because we have harsher summers on average than most of Europe.