Air conditioners are not the best for the planet long term, but Europeans may need to care a bit more about themselves in the short term and start installing more of them.
Have you ever been in a typical, modern European house?
Sadly (for the US), on average every single point on your list is true.
Just look at the places in the US hit by catastrophes. Basically, nothing but maybe foundations remain. If there is a fire, they usually add their mass to the fire instead of resisting. If a fire actually reaches a European town the damage is quite lower than what can be regularly seen of in the US.
And yes, Americans are wasteful. In so many regards, it is not funny. Living in suburbia and driving gas guzzling trucks where a normal car would more than suffice are just two examples.
European windows (and the general thermal isolation of houses in Europe) are way better at keeping cold and heat separated than even the better insulated cardboard boxes Americans call “houses”.
Do you understand Q = Cth Δ T?
And most Europeans deal better with humidity (and heat) because they are used to it.
No you’ve got your bingo card full, go home and whine.
Are you suggesting that the things you mention are not true? There’s probably a reason why people keep mentioning them, no?
No matter what, we are all in the climate crisis together, and everyone, including Americans, must do everything we can to make better choices when it comes to climate.
There’s probably a reason why people keep mentioning them, no?
Shouldn’t you be mentioning them to the Germans and the Swedes, since the former uses the same drywall Americans do and the latter builds with wood? We get bitched at but never them, so it’s not actually about the materials.
You guys have never seen a window screen before and politely assume there’s no real-world reason they’re needed here. The answer is bugs. LOTS of bugs. Diseased bugs. Putrid bugs that breed like hell. Bugs who spray you with little drops of acid. Those don’t exist where you live, so you have neat windows.
I agree that we’re supposed to be in this shit together. It’s fucking maddening that every time a disaster happens in Europe, it feels like the majority of us empathize with you guys, but the second half an opportunity arises here, Europeans point and laugh. Often about things they don’t fully get or that were their fault to begin with.
Oh boy… cue up all the “Grrrrr America bad!” comments.
Lets see if we can play Lemmy Anti-America Bingo…
They’ll be comments that American homes are supposedly worse quality than European ones by people that don’t understand construction or economics.
Americans are wasteful.
Someone will mention European windows.
Post from people who misunderstanding thermal mass.
Lots of people forgetting what humidity is.
Have you ever been in a typical, modern European house?
Sadly (for the US), on average every single point on your list is true.
Just look at the places in the US hit by catastrophes. Basically, nothing but maybe foundations remain. If there is a fire, they usually add their mass to the fire instead of resisting. If a fire actually reaches a European town the damage is quite lower than what can be regularly seen of in the US.
And yes, Americans are wasteful. In so many regards, it is not funny. Living in suburbia and driving gas guzzling trucks where a normal car would more than suffice are just two examples.
European windows (and the general thermal isolation of houses in Europe) are way better at keeping cold and heat separated than even the better insulated cardboard boxes Americans call “houses”.
Do you understand Q = Cth Δ T?
And most Europeans deal better with humidity (and heat) because they are used to it.
No you’ve got your bingo card full, go home and whine.
All the kneejerk “America is bad” people from reddit are here
Are you suggesting that the things you mention are not true? There’s probably a reason why people keep mentioning them, no?
No matter what, we are all in the climate crisis together, and everyone, including Americans, must do everything we can to make better choices when it comes to climate.
Shouldn’t you be mentioning them to the Germans and the Swedes, since the former uses the same drywall Americans do and the latter builds with wood? We get bitched at but never them, so it’s not actually about the materials.
You guys have never seen a window screen before and politely assume there’s no real-world reason they’re needed here. The answer is bugs. LOTS of bugs. Diseased bugs. Putrid bugs that breed like hell. Bugs who spray you with little drops of acid. Those don’t exist where you live, so you have neat windows.
I agree that we’re supposed to be in this shit together. It’s fucking maddening that every time a disaster happens in Europe, it feels like the majority of us empathize with you guys, but the second half an opportunity arises here, Europeans point and laugh. Often about things they don’t fully get or that were their fault to begin with.
I live in the States. Well aware of the bugs. There are bugs in Europe, too. Just FYI.
But that’s not the point. Americans still have to do a lot more. A mindset change is needed when it comes to climate.
What? I live in Germany, I have window screens and the neat windows. Do you think you can’t but bug screens on a European window?