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[–] MaxPower@feddit.de 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah well this is frightening. In 25-30 years I will retire and now I need to raise the chances that I will live in a home with air conditioning in a country that -- currently -- hardly has buildings with air conditioning because it was not a necessity up until now. This will be an uphill battle. I don't want to die prematurely in a summer heat wave..

[–] Rufio@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They make air conditioners that are relatively cheap, pretty easy to install and take up virtually no space these days. Usually wall mounted.

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That's all well and good until your AC breaks, hits its heat transfer limit, you lose the ability to afford it run the AC, or your electricity goes out because the grid is overloaded because everyone else is also running their AC.

AC is a band aid, not a solution.

[–] joborun@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should get some guns then, if it is the only room with A/C, I see the country moving into the room and you moving out the window.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

This is why all climate change predictions come with predictions for escalated war, famine, violence. Human 'civilization' may have just been a result of a resource glut.