2 points | by speckx 5 hours ago ago
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Not mentioned: air conditioning, which is an essential heatwave response.
90% of the US has them, apparently only 20% of the EU on average does, with UK/Ger being like 3-5%.
The US Pacific Northwest was like that, but adapted after the new reality:
https://www.cascadepbs.org/environment/2022/12/seattle-no-lo...
Not mentioned: air conditioning, which is an essential heatwave response.
90% of the US has them, apparently only 20% of the EU on average does, with UK/Ger being like 3-5%.
The US Pacific Northwest was like that, but adapted after the new reality:
https://www.cascadepbs.org/environment/2022/12/seattle-no-lo...