What’s worse are Europeans that kowtow to their politicians and suffer for no reason whatsoever.

You can install an AC if you get the right politicians in that will change the laws. If you don’t have AC it’s your own fault.

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inigyou 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's no European law against AC. It's just expensive energy because it's got carbon taxes in it.

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ianm218 2 hours ago | parent [-]

There are atleast some restrictions in localities I.e. https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/12/portof... or parts of Portugal.

Also at a certain point if you ban or heavily restrict energy production to the point that no one can afford to run AC, it is a de facto ban.

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rwmj 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sorry what? There's no reason that you can't install AC in your home/office in Europe, and many are doing so. It just hasn't been needed very much til recently.

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dranudin an hour ago | parent [-]

There is, unfortunately. You cannot install AC, with an outside unit, without approval of your landlord. Lots of people are renting, e.g in Germany. Of course, one can get an indoor unit an seal the window. But it is heavy and takes up a lot of space in a small urban rental..

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rwmj an hour ago | parent [-]

Changing the goalposts. We've gone from saying that Europe has (never defined) laws that prevent anyone from installing AC, to saying that tenants cannot make major changes to their properties. Landlords can install AC fine. Home owners can install AC. There are no laws that prevent installation of AC in Europe.

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dranudin 25 minutes ago | parent [-]

I don't think it is changing the goalpost. The law prevents more than half of Germany's inhabitants from installing ACs, because they are renters. Also landlords cannot just install AC just fine. If you just own an appartement, you need the consenst of all other owners in the building. This is also a law. Therefore, practically no landlord will agree to the request to install outside AC, unfortunately.

	▲	rwmj 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It sounds like a case for having more laws / regulation. Rental properties should have a maximum temperature, else they're not liveable (same as if they were damp or infested).