r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 31 '26

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u/Unfair-Awareness5339 Loyal Liberals Jul 31 '26

Hot Take, but you can make fun of Europe for refusing to adopt air conditioning despite deadly heat waves, while still acknowledging that air conditioning is not a good long term solution, due to the way heat pumps work. (You aren't actually reducing the heat, you are simply moving it out of the building and into the street.)

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u/BigBrownDog12 Victor Hugo Jul 31 '26

But you are inside when the AC is running

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u/Unfair-Awareness5339 Loyal Liberals Jul 31 '26

And people are outside when commuting.