France recorded its hottest day ever as an early heat wave gripped Europe. The high temperatures on Tuesday prompted the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre museum to restrict visiting hours.
Honestly its not that bad. Problem is their overly insulated buildings. If you hydrate and wear the right clothing outside you’ll be fine. The problem is its probably hotter in their homes than outside. Im in Germany right now and its currently 90°F. Even without AC its more of an inconvenience if you know what to do.
Dont see it too often on here but on other social media sites you see a lot of Europeans (possibly bot accounts) lambasting American buildings for being made of cardboard and tooth picks. Its almost like you should design buildings based on the climate of the region. Problems is the climate is changing and having a building made of lighter materials that dont trap heat and can easily have HVAC systems installed is a better idea if you’re living inland
Yeah it’s not bad for young and healthy people who can stay inside, be relatively inactive, drink enough, etc…
As always climate change hits the weak first: Old people, people with certain disabilities, homeless people, people who have to work physically during the heat are at higher risk to suffer from the heat.
Yes. Insulation helps in both hot and cold environments. I live in a desert where it routinely hovers around 100F for three months out of the year. If my house weren’t insulated I’d bake. As it is, I don’t need an air conditioner, I do fine with just a fan, and letting the house cool off at night. The house stays around 80F for most of the day, until the late afternoon.
I live in a poorly insulated apartment. It’s very cold in winter and heating it to 19°C all the time would cost around 500€ a month.
The problem is the choice of materials and the designs… no good shade against the sun (I have shutters and that helps a bit), concrete walls that give off tons of heat for days (impossible to cool by airing out at dawn after 3 days of intense heat during the day), no provision for AC or proper ventilation (it’s built on top of the foundations from an old farm with a nice cellar it could have natural ventilation from there chilling the living spaces).
Yeah, this massive rock itself will survive, so all the animals and plants in ecosystems that can’t adjust to climate change can suffer and it’s fine. /s
44.3°C (111.7°F)
Fuck that’s hot. RIP Earth.
That’s 44 degrees in shade. You start slow cooking yourself when too long in the sun.
Honestly its not that bad. Problem is their overly insulated buildings. If you hydrate and wear the right clothing outside you’ll be fine. The problem is its probably hotter in their homes than outside. Im in Germany right now and its currently 90°F. Even without AC its more of an inconvenience if you know what to do.
Dont see it too often on here but on other social media sites you see a lot of Europeans (possibly bot accounts) lambasting American buildings for being made of cardboard and tooth picks. Its almost like you should design buildings based on the climate of the region. Problems is the climate is changing and having a building made of lighter materials that dont trap heat and can easily have HVAC systems installed is a better idea if you’re living inland
Yeah it’s not bad for young and healthy people who can stay inside, be relatively inactive, drink enough, etc…
As always climate change hits the weak first: Old people, people with certain disabilities, homeless people, people who have to work physically during the heat are at higher risk to suffer from the heat.
Shouldn’t good insulation help because it takes longer for outside heat to heat up the inside?
Yes. Insulation helps in both hot and cold environments. I live in a desert where it routinely hovers around 100F for three months out of the year. If my house weren’t insulated I’d bake. As it is, I don’t need an air conditioner, I do fine with just a fan, and letting the house cool off at night. The house stays around 80F for most of the day, until the late afternoon.
I live in a poorly insulated apartment. It’s very cold in winter and heating it to 19°C all the time would cost around 500€ a month.
The problem is the choice of materials and the designs… no good shade against the sun (I have shutters and that helps a bit), concrete walls that give off tons of heat for days (impossible to cool by airing out at dawn after 3 days of intense heat during the day), no provision for AC or proper ventilation (it’s built on top of the foundations from an old farm with a nice cellar it could have natural ventilation from there chilling the living spaces).
What would really save the planet is less insulated housing and a bottle of water.
Alternative proposal: reversible heat pump with thermal heating redistribution.
I suppose the sarcasm was lost on readers amid the stupidity of the average Lemming.
The Earth will be fine, it’s RIP humans.
Yeah, this massive rock itself will survive, so all the animals and plants in ecosystems that can’t adjust to climate change can suffer and it’s fine. /s
Yeah, that’s kind of how that works.