By Robert Bradley Jr.
“If I am elected president, I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan, starting in places with the most vulnerable populations.” – Marine Le Pen, leader, National Rally Party (French National Assembly)
It is not easy being green. “Green” energy is hardly green (think wind/solar/battery industrialization), and virtually all climate mitigation activism has negatives for consumers, taxpayers, and freedom. This is less the law of unintended consequences as it is Deep Ecology’s assault on modern living and human betterment.
Fast forward to the summer of 2026. As long predicted, a warming world (natural and anthropogenic) requires adaptation. That means air conditioning, mist machines, and ice generation in increasing amounts to meet the summer peak. Yet the activists despise such basic adaptation on grounds that higher electricity demand will require more fossil-fired generation from existing or new capacity. But pragmatism is sure to win out as adaptation overtakes the anti-consumer, anti-comfort mitigation policy.
Anti-Conditioned Air
“Air conditioners have detrimental health effects on our bodies,” according to one source, “though that is not the only problem with air conditioners.” The “many negative impacts on the environment itself” include energy usage, CFC/HFC emissions, and construction with either steel or non-biodegradable plastic.
Fifty-five years ago, Paul Ehrlich targeted air conditioning as a major ill of society. A/C could “in large part be closed” except “where people must work around hot machines” or heat-sensitive electronics were present. Not to worry— “the summer heat can be beaten by most of us in many other ways (as it had to be beaten by all of us only two or three decades ago!).” Ehrlich (and co-author Richard Harriman) go on to recommend 20-hour work weeks to reemploy “all the unemployed air conditioner repair men.” [1]
The recommended “climate-friendly” temperature range of 78°F (26°C) summer and 68°F (20°C) winter compares to comfort levels for most people of around 72°F (22°C) year-round. Beware of ‘smart meters’ in this regard–and don’t forget Jimmy Carter’s thermostat police back in the 1970s. He first recommended a winter high of 68°F or less. A month later he instructed federal buildings set (winter) temperatures at no more than 65 degrees during the day and 55 degrees during the night. President Reagan ended Carter’s 22-month program in early 1981.
EU/UK Heat Wave
The current heat wave in Europe is front page news. Climate change is responsible, it is said. But what about most of the rest of the world that is experiencing normal summers? Extremes always occur somewhere.
But more to the point, what is the role of climate alarmism/activism in human discomfort and even death from heat waves? A recent AP story–“Europe’s Extreme Heat Would Be Impossible Without Climate Change, Scientists Say“–begs this question. Where is the study/story “Europe’s Heat Crisis Exacerbated by Climate Policy”? The paucity of air conditioning (etc.) from high electricity prices and even government mandates is the major problem, it turns out.
Amid heat misery, the rush to purchase small A/C units is on. But some political jurisdictions steeled on climate concern do not allow such acts of self-preservation. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire (Parti Socialiste) wants only public cooling for the most vulnerable, not “the scourge” of home A/C. “To adapt together,” he said, “we need to change our way of life.”
The Current Green Dilemma
Bill McKibben in a recent 2,150-word essay failed to mention air conditioning once. A week later, he wrote: “There has been much pointless social media back-and-forth about air conditioning in Europe, which of course we need now,” he wrote, adding parenthetically: “We need it even more desperately in Asia, South America, and Africa.”
Perhaps this article in the New York Times between McKibben’s two posts got his attention. Michael D. Shear and Jeanna Smialek’s “As Europe Sweats, Some Politicians Talk of Air-Conditioning, Not Climate Action” (June 26, 2026) began:
Heat-related deaths and disruptions to daily life are forcing politicians to reckon, in different ways, with a rapidly warming planet…. Increasingly, the answer from right-wing politicians is to focus on a short-term fix that almost everyone agrees is necessary–the installation of air-conditioning units in European homes, schools, public buildings and hospitals….
In France, far-right politicians who have advocated cutting net zero initiatives hope to gain from the heat wave, using it to accuse the government of failing to make the country more resilient, but also as a cultural issue against the hard left, which has often opposed the use of air-conditioning on environmental grounds. “If I am elected president, I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan,” Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally party, pledged on Friday, “starting in places with the most vulnerable populations.”
The climate campaigners are in a difficult spot, the Times article continues.
In the context of northern Europe’s traditionally mild, temperate climate, some left-wing and green parties opposed air-conditioning and have instead favored renovating buildings with architectural fixes to keep them cool when it gets hot. But the dangers to health posed by this week’s heat wave are piling pressure on that view — and changing minds.
Responding to a local plea by a municipal leader for residents to use fans and plant a new tree, one politician responded:
It is absurd that all governments in our country, under pressure from left-green mumbo-jumbo, advise against the use of air-conditioning. The most efficient and best solution. How many deaths would the government already have on its conscience with this kind of absurd advice?
That’s good enough for the last word.
[1] Paul Ehrlich and Richard Harriman, How to Be a Survivor, Ballantine Books, 1971), pp 73–74.
Climate Calvinism rears its ugly head. We must repent our evil carbon-spewing ways.
I love how people (mostly Roman Catholics) will use “Calvinism” as a pejorative, when it is painfully obvious they know absolutely nothing about Calvinism. Just stop it. Its silly.
OK, please tell us what’s wrong with Bruce’s analogy.
I wonder what your evidence is that it is mostly Roman Catholics that use “Calvinism” as a pejorative. Plenty of atheists use the term that way. You get it a lot in Scotland where Calvinism once exerted immense influence on Scottish society. It is also interesting that there are lots of YouTube videos put out by Protestants who disagree with Calvinism.
All branches of Christianity teach that repentence from sin is essential. Repenting is turning completely away from sin and going in the opposite direction. What’s wrong with turning away from pride, lust, greed, envy, sloth, gluttony and wrath? That’s the basis of the Ten Commandments.
That, however, has nothing to do with the Religion of Climate, which is really just a variant of idol worship – the idols, in this case, being the world we live on and self (“I have the power to save the planet” aka “I am a god.”)
Except, wait for it: would anyone care to wager how long it will take before we see undercover snapshots taken of these tyrants’ rooms, where the A/Cs are set at a level 10 to 15 degrees lower than what they are demanding the masses to endure? “Comfy A/C for Me, but Not for Thee.”
No AC on private planes and yachts.
NO AC in Gracy Mansion and the White House
The White House is air conditioned by a large central system that also air conditions Capitol Hill.
“As long predicted, a warming world”
Yes.
““If I am elected president, I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan, starting in places with the most vulnerable populations.””
…
“It is not easy being green.”
Sounds more red to me. The government is to provide everyone with free aircon? That seems to be the slogan of the current campaign.
“It is not easy being green.”
It is suicidal.
Not for the overlords. Just for the minions who obey.
I wonder if Mamdani from NY City would approve? He tried having city owned grocery stores….hahahaha.
Nick are you a Mamdani fan? You seem to enjoy that leftist ideology.
I don’t think Mamdani would go that far. Free aircon for all citizens? Paid for by ratepayers?
So some free somethings and not free other things?
What are the parameters, Nick?
What are your parameters? What should be free for everyone?
Tanstaafl Nicky boy, tanstaafl.
FYI: TANSTAAFL is an acronym for “There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Free Lunch”
I had assumed most people knew what it meant, which is my point. My bad.
I knew it at one time, but haven’t seen it in a few years, so I had to look it up again.
So why is Le Pen’s offer being acclaimed here:
“If I am elected president, I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan, starting in places with the most vulnerable populations.”
Nothing in that statement says that they are going to be provided for free.
Aren’t you the one who usually whines about people reading things into quotes that aren’t explicitly there?
“Tanstaafl”
Wearily, it is not I who is campaigning to provide aircon for the masses. It is Marine le Pen, right wing presidential candidate in France, as featured in this WUWT article. I don’t endorse the plan.
He said most vulnerable populations which to me means the ill, the handicapped, the elderly, the disabled. Everybody else can buy their own, if they want it. Or not.
She said
“I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan, starting in places with the most vulnerable populations”
Doesn’t sound like “everyone else can buy their own”. As they can without the “massive plan”.
Why can’t a plan include free or lower cost air conditioning for the vulnerable and project for increasing low cost for those who can pay, perhaps on income?
Sounds like MAGA Socialism
Choice.
I asked Nick what ‘his’ parameters are. I don’t recall setting any myself, unless you can show me where I did…?
I can still asked you about yours.
I actually do not think free aircon for everyone is a good idea. But that is le Pen’s offer bei g acclimed here. Do you think it is a good idea?
Governments are responsible for air-con in schools etc
And Le Pen said nothing about “free” aircon, only that she would push for implementation, probably by relaxing idiotic rules that make it difficult to install.
Maybe cut all wind and solar subsidies.. and direct them to air-con installation?
Choice
I could go on, but you prefer having your right to choose taken a way from you, so what would be the point?
Freedom to hire the best person for the job, not the person who best fits the government mandates.
FREEDOM!
Freedom is not free, it must be paid for with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Something we should remember, especially on this day.
Those “rights” are not in the US Constitution, only in your imagination.
You’re conflating enumerated rights with unenumerated liberties, which is a fundamental misunderstanding of the American Constitution’s structure.
While the specific examples I listed are not explicitly written in the text, stating they exist “only in your imagination” ignores the Ninth Amendment and the concept of “Substantive Due Process”.
The American Constitution was designed as a floor, not a ceiling. The Ninth Amendment states: “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”
Rights such as the “right to privacy”, the “right to marry”, and the “right to raise one’s children” are not explicitly mentioned in the American Constitution, yet the Supreme Court has consistently ruled they are fundamental liberties protected from government interference.
By claiming unlisted rights are ‘imaginary,’ you are arguing against the explicit text of the Ninth Amendment, which preserves liberties not specifically named.
Even if the Supreme Court hasn’t recognised a specific “right to eat meat” or “right to drive a petrol car,” characterising the desire for freedom from behavioural ‘nudges’ and mandates as purely ‘imaginary’ misrepresents the ongoing legal and philosophical debate about the limits of state authority over individual lives.
Your “argument” fails because it assumes that if a right isn’t explicitly listed (like ‘right to choose fuel’), it doesn’t exist. The Constitution protects unenumerated liberties through the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments. While I may be overstating the legal status of specific activities like driving, your claim that no such rights exist outside the text is legally incorrect and ignores the foundational principle of limited government.
The Supreme Court has never recognized anything on your list as a “right”. In fact, most of your list is disputed by half of Americans. So yes, the “rights” you list are only your personal desires.
Your point only holds if you treat “not recognised yet” as the same thing as “doesn’t exist.” The Supreme Court hasn’t elevated any of those specific activities to constitutional rights – that part is true. But it’s also true that the Court has repeatedly recognised unenumerated liberties that weren’t in the text and weren’t universally agreed upon at the time.
Saying they’re “only personal desires” ignores the Ninth Amendment and the entire doctrine of unenumerated rights, which is a real and long‑standing part of American constitutional law.
Huh? “Not recognized yet” is not equal to “will be recognized”. For example, “Freedom from environmental taxes on goods” is only your desire. Congress can enact such a tax at any time.
Who said that? Not me
Yes, you said that. Right here: “The right to buy products without environmental surcharges..”
So you’ve responded to something you think I said, based on your own interpretation.
Let me break it down for you.
The two sentences aren’t actually saying the same thing, and here’s the simple distinction you’re missing.
Freedom from environmental taxes on goods describes a situation where those taxes don’t exist – it’s a preference.
The right to buy products without environmental surcharges is a claim of entitlement, something that should be protected.
One is “I don’t want this to happen.”
The other is “I should be guaranteed this outcome.”
Different categories entirely.
And we’re done…
Incredibly vacuous argument. You claim freedom from “surcharges” is a preference, while freedom from taxes is a right. I think you’d have trouble defending that view in court( or in 3rd grade debate class)
You really are a worthless dipstick with no idea of what you’re saying other than just stirring S.
When you post bs, you get challenged. That’s how life works.
Very nicely said; concise and to the point. I would imagine that you will have upset the trolls, most of whom are foreign and really have no concept of the Constitution or of American liberties, expressed or just simply understood. What a dumbA.
Air, since it doesn’t have to be supplied by anyone.
Beyond that, nothing.
FREEDOM! Let the market decide and keep government out of the people’s decisions.
our elected representatives can tax you, take away your guns, require EVs, subsidize solar and wind.All consistent with the US Constitution.
You really don’t get it, do you?
I certainly don’t ‘get’ logical fallacies and lies.
I don’t think any politicians are talking about free AC- it’s just that they should stop saying AC is a bad thing.
Only outlaws will have AC.
My in-laws have AC
In-laws should be outlawed.
Wish mine had been…sigh.
If you’re not actually married then you don’t have in-laws just out-laws.
I take it they’re not wanted but their AC is.
Funny
Well armed outlaws! 🙂
Funny also
“Only outlaws will have AC.”
…. And bureaucratic elites.
or is that basically the same thing ???
The offer of Le Pen being acclaimed here was
“If I am elected president, I will put into place a massive air-conditioning plan, starting in places with the most vulnerable populations.”
Nowhere she mention “free”.
Nor forced.
Aren’t you the one who usually whines about people reading into quotes, things that aren’t explicitly spelled out?
Of course, he wouldn’t. He has no problem spending other people’s money, but the socialist paradigm requires victimhood and suffering to justify its existence. Relief of suffering and the actual solving of problems would negate its purpose and limit its power (not to mention the pocket lining of the masters). Conspicuous waste and deepening despair are necessary components of the system.
Bingo
Just like free transit bus rides, and city-run grocery stores.
The first city run grocery store is being placed in an area that already has several popular grocery stores in walking distance.
So much for his claim that these stores were designed to help those with few options.
It does support the usual socialist plan to drive private companies out of business so that they can be replaced with government owned and run services.
Much like his rent freezes which are designed to bankrupt private rental properties, so that they can be taken over by the government as well.
Madmani is already working on these grocery stores. He’s placing in first in an area that already has 3 or 4 markets within walking distance.
So much for his claim that he’s doing this to help those who aren’t being served by existing stores. In reality he’s doing it so that his well off supporters will be the first to enjoy subsidized groceries. The when the existing stores are forced out of business, he can add more government run stores.
If Mamdani wanted to go into the grocery business, why didn’t he just go into the grocery business? It’s very challenging. Talented people devote their entire careers to the grocery business, and don’t always succeed.
Why would someone in his thirties, who’s never had much of a job, take the helm of the nation’s largest city, and insert govt-run grocery stores into the mix as kind of an afterthought?
It’s like contracting to build an aircraft carrier, then getting sidetracked designing window boxes that can withstand strong sea breezes. What are the priorities? Is it some kind of goofy experiment intended to prove how gullible voters can be? Or too indifferent to mount a counter-argument? As a real New Yorker might say, “Whaddaya? Whaddaya?”
This is a classic “Please The People” empty rhetoric. Just clap like a seal and move on.
Government, by its very existence, is not a creative force, it is at best, a leak in the pipe, draining off resources in the form of waste; at worst it is a destructive force — sadistic as it robs producers, benefits Cantillionaires and is a direct attack on human flourishing.
“massive air-conditioning plan” — this means nothing without actually articulating specifics, just a trigger-word that is on everyone’s mind, and an empty promise of adding order (a plan) to a chaotic system the government itself deliberately and directly caused.
“the most vulnerable populations” — this is naked virtual signaling to hide their contempt for anyone not in their elite circles. Whoever says these words couldn’t care less about “vulnerable populations”. The word choice alone is left for the listener to eisegete in so that the speaker and audience can share in feeling virtuous while accomplishing nothing. Few people consider themselves “vulnerable” so whatever is imagined that is not themselves is what this statement was designed to trigger.
This is an entirely cynical and manipulative statement since government can only make the situation worse. Why rob productive people of the ability to afford their own choices so that the “most vulnerable” (whoever that is, most likely decided by whose NGOs and charities have the greatest political influence/backing and promises of shared grift) can be gifted comfort at someone else’s expense?
Its evil, because “massive air-conditioning plan” can’t be executed at all. Just placing a bulk order from China to deliver X-thousand units and having them shipped in would be in late fall, given the government, most will be lost somewhere in transit if the order is even placed at all and those remaining few might show up in 2030 or before the next election. I know government can quickly throw money at something, but that something is always an agency or collective of nepos who need to organize, plan, vet consultants, plan, write-up convoluted regulations, plan, fight over the crumbs not consumed by the bureaucracy.
What happened to the grid to support all of this? Western Europe’s annual electricity profile is such where Winter is 35% more usage than summer — winter mostly heating and lighting, summer biggest driver is aircon. So the grid sufficiency exists, except where they dial back production because hypothetical threats of fish population decline in cooling ponds are far more important than real-life human lives.
Besides, hasn’t the mandate to convert from hydrocarbon based heating to heat-pumps already regulated through the back door air-conditioning? Of are the heat-pumps only one way?
“This is a classic “Please The People” empty rhetoric.”
Yes. But it is the rhetoric of right wing Le Pen, being acclaimed here.
To most communists, socialists are right wing.
So if free aircon will be available in “summer”, will free heating be available in “winter”? Cold kills far more people than heat.
Free aircon is not free if it is paid by taxes and if the people receiving the aircon pay taxes.
The same thing applies to “free” heating. My point is that cold is worse than heat.
This is classic WUWT stuff. I point out what the WUWT article is saying, so now people pile on as if I’m saying it.
And I am responding to the bit of the article that you referred to.
All that plan needs to do is ALLOW the public to buy AC without telling them that’s it’s a bad idea. After this heatwave, I’m sure they will be buying them. I wish I had some money to invest in companies that make AC.
The public is allowed to buy AC. Which government says it bad? Or are you just repeating nonsensical talking points?
In France, they are allowed to do so within very narrow limits.
The limits are not narrow. Very wide limits. Just like in the USA
Really? Have you actually perused the recent regulatory limits imposed this year? They don’t sound anything like the USA, at least not the part of it I reside in. They are very limiting indeed on several levels.
“Plan” ≠”Free”
So what does it mean? Le Pen wiull force people to buy AC?
He will eliminate the taxes and regulations that make it difficult and expensive to buy them.
France is already a quasi-socialist authoritarian entity. The choice seems to be whether the government should provide technology offering relief or that which promises continued suffering.
Now, if you are suggesting that the government should simply get out of the way, I am in complete agreement.
A warming world is better than a cooling world. The predictions were of catastrophe. That hasn’t happened, unless you count alarmism as a catastrophe.
Why do you think this?
That’s what the data and the science show.
Mr Stokes,
I have read Mdme Le Pen’s quote and it doesn’t say anything about providing anyone with free air conditioning. It says that she would introduce a plan for widespread use of air conditioning throughout France. (Of course, it being France, and within the EU, it can be presumed that that would involve significant Government spending, but it doesn’t actually say that.)
Normally Mr. Stokes is not a fan of reading anything into a headline or quote. At least he isn’t when other people do it.
At the moment, anyoner in France can buy AC. They just need to put up the money. So what does the plan require? That they be forced to put up the money? Or that the government will chip in?
Put up the money, get government approval, the approval of a majority of their neighbors if they share a structure, and choose a model within stringent “efficiency” standards that would likely exclude the most effective available units, especially in older buildings with lead roofs that essentially function as an oven. Any model that alters the outward appearance of a structure would face obstacles. Are you being intentionally obtuse, or do you really believe what you say?
Here is a listing from just one French store of the products available (even online). They seem to include all the normal brands you can buy anywhere, and at quite reasonable prices. No government approval required.
Of course in shared accommodation there will be rules – should it be otherwise? Should the government be involved here? And yes, there are rules about changing outward appearance. True everywhere, and not just re aircon.
Obtuse it is then. Of course you don’t need government approval to buy one, (though the ones in your listing are more of the type used in hotel rooms and other single-room applications. They would be wholly inadequate for even a modern 750 sf apartment with reasonable insulation. That would not apply to a large proportion of urban housing in France.)
You will need state and municipal approval and a state-licensed technician to actually install it. Imagine the approval process, both from the historical preservation bias and from an absolute majority of neighbors who have been indoctrinated to think air conditioning is evil.
Prices may be reasonable for a free economy, but France is rated 44th in economic freedom (Fraser Institute’s “Economic Freedom of the World: 2025 Annual Report”) and, like much of the EU, has experienced severe productivity reductions. Just how many of the most vulnerable people do you actually think can afford the total cost even if they could wade through the regulatory swamp and get permission from their landlords? By contrast, landlords here are expected to maintain proper environmental controls for residences.
It is quite possible to, in effect, ban a thing by cumbersome process while maintaining the appearance of permitting it, and that seems to be the general consensus regarding this situation.
Grok offers by way of summary “French regulations and policies actively discourage widespread air conditioning (AC) adoption, especially in homes and older buildings, through energy efficiency mandates, historic preservation rules, and broader climate/energy strategies.”
Nick, in most of the US there aren’t enforceable rules about changing the outward appearance of one’s dwelling. There are rules in Homeowner’s Associations, and in certain Historical Preservation Districts. But, in the main, Americans are free to change the appearance of their homes. It is called freedom.
France is a Historical Preservation District.
And who made that decision? The government elites!
Historical Preservation districts are imposed by the government here in the US as well.
In most places the cause housing prices to fall.
When we were looking to buy, I told our agent to avoid such districts completely.
Anyone can buy an aircon.. they just can’t install it. !
Red and green are joined at the hip, and have always been.
These are the words of Marine Le Pen.
Which say nothing about “free” anything.
I’ll actually agree with you on this one. I had to chase the whole thread because I was curious. Nick is hammering on a strawman of his one creation. This doesn’t loosen your restrictions.
Who would be at least a socialist anywhere outside of predominantly socialist countries and cities.
We had to fell a couple of large trees during the recent period of unusual UK warmth. I got up early to chop the logs then took the afternoon off. I also cancelled a long bike ride I’d planned. At no point did I consider getting an air-conditioner.
But nor did I consider telling other people they couldn’t.
My point being: I had cheap options I found congenial, and others don’t—especially those working in buildings without windows that open. So unless you (governments and activists) know way too much about us, stay out of it. We’ve got it.
Which government told you not to buy AC?
For example, THESE local government officials.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/air-conditioning-heatwave-remove-40c-net-zero
There are these new-fangled things called “search engines” where truly inquisitive people can go and find examples to answer a question such as you posed.
The article is from a right wing propaganda outlet and even it doesn’t say what you claim. Why lie?
(emphasis mine)
https://www.gbnews.com/news/air-conditioning-heatwave-remove-40c-net-zero
Why lie? Or did you just not bother to read the article and thought no one else would either?
So local codes need to be met when installing an AC unit. Just like in the USA. No badmouthing of AC. No bans on it. Which part of what local code do you think goes to far?
Building codes, imposed by government.
Ah, yes, any publication printing an article that disagrees with you is “a right-wing propaganda outlet”. I’ve heard that before.
Where have you been? It’s a HOT topic of interest now especially as Europeans attending the World Cup have noticed how nice AC can be.
What’s worse, a number of local governments in the UK have required home owners to remove AC units that have already been bought and installed.
It’s a stupid talking point from right wing nuts
It takes a leftist detached from reality to respond with such dishonesty.
Is there any other kind?
Nothing dishonest. Millions of people have AC in Europe. Trying to claim governments are against AC is dishonest
Gosh, having lived in Germany, and traveled in England and France staying in private home, I have not observed that “Millions of people” have AC. Of course, millions is a small proportion of the population of Europe. I think I’ll stick with my lying eyes.
How dare you trust facts over what the government tells you?
Damn you europoors get so mad.
Lack of AC on a hot Summer day can make you cranky, no?
Record setting temperatures. As the climate rapidly warms, more people need AC who can’t afford it.
Maybe record setting. The problem is that the temperature record, both now and in the past, is not sufficiently accurate to make such a call.
Poor you. Cry harder
Despite being proven wrong, you decide to just keep digging that whole deeper.
I was proven right. You are all sorts of confused
You are the only one who believes that.
Ah, yes, anyone who disagrees with you is a “right-wing nut”. I’ve heard this before.
Notice how after being proven wrong, the socialist just starts screaming that the points made aren’t relevant.
This was written: What’s worse, a number of local governments in the UK have required home owners to remove AC units that have already been bought and installed. The government officials responsible for that should have the AC units in their offices and homes removed as well.
Yes, that was written. And you think it is real without ever questioning it. Sheep say baaah baaah
That’s funny coming from a socialist.
Where I live in the US I need to get a zoning permit to install an AC unit. They can not be sited in the front yard and must be at least 3 feet from side and rear lot lines and operate within municipal noise limits.
If I bought one and installed it and breached those rules I would be forced to remove it too.
According to Eric, zoning ordinances have nothing to do with government.
Take one large-ish fan, an ice bucket or similar vessel and fill with bags of frozen peas etc.
This simple air-con method has been approved by ice queen, Martha Stewart
Take the bucket of ice and charcoal, saturated with water(but not wet dripping), on top on a plate..
The charcoal will release its water all day long.
Not a good idea or particularly efficient in conditions of high humidity.
It’s why evaporative air conditioners aren’t much good in humid environments.
commonly called a swamp cooler because you feel as though you are in a swamp — hot, sweaty, uncomfortable
Oh, for those days growing up when your clothes stuck to you all over. When everything was wet!
Correct – It stops being effective at a certain level of humidity.
And it only works if you’re sitting right in front of the fan. Tough luck if you have to get up and move around ads you go about your day. Plus, it increases humidity, which makes the heat more oppressive.
Does anyone understand that fossil fuel energy and emissions were required to chill water to form ice for the ice bucket or to freeze the peas? Where was the ice formed and stored and transported, where were the peas frozen and stored and transported, how much more emissions were generated compared to just letting people have air conditioning? Has anyone thought about that, has anyone actually even thought?
detrimental health effects
Off Topic UK news: Taking the Starmer authoritarianism further, faster.
Burnham has deliberately avoided media and no one knows what his plans are because – unlike in the selection of any other PM in modern history – there are no opportunities to ask him questions outside of his team’s direct and tight control. Seeing as the taxpayer will be asked to stump up at least quarter of a trillion pounds, Brits can expect taxes to go even higher. – Guido
No questions allowed and some journalists like the Daily Mail’s Quenten Letts (Parliamentary sketch writer), banned.
Across the three remaining years of this parliament that is a bill of around £250 billion. And this is a conservative estimate…
Suck it up, people.
Why would you want to ask him questions
when there is 0 difference between Burnham, Johnson ,Sunak(who had the same Goldman Sachs mento as Johnson, now running BBC iirc)or Starmer.
They are just figureheads pushing the same agenda, put there by the CoL.
Get used to be a CoL-ony.
no one knows what his plans are
No contest, no airing of views. Over 400 turkeys trying to avoid Christmas.
He has no own plans – not allowed.
What was the name of your 5 second prime minister?
Truss?(hard to keep up with the carousel)
She tried to have some individual ambitions- and got sacked by the banks before she entered drowning street.
What Burnham will do?
Trippling down on everything Starmer has doubled down on.
Be a total nig to Milliband.
Further reverse Brexit and more billions to Ukraine and further destroy freedom and democracy, because islamaophobia,antisemitism,racism, homophobia etc
And maybe he’ll be used by CoL to kickstart some new lunacy-agenda as long as he is “fresh”.
Once Metadata shows that he is hated by 80%+ and becomes therefore too damaging to the illusion of democracy CoL will replace him with the next puppet for damage control reason.
And if you think Rotherham was extreme in terms of child abuse,
Burnham will be worse.
I remember the torrid nights I spent at Nellis Air Force Base when we’d be lucky to have a couple of hours below 100⁰F. The AC running all night long would keep the indoor temperature hovering around 80⁰F. Makes me appreciate the settlers of the West that much more. Happy birthday America! 🇺🇲
Air Conditioning has to be a top 10 invention of all time.
After the Fender Strat, Gibson Les Paul and the Marshall amp.
Oooh, that really makes me wonder….
Ooooh, I see what you did there…good tune for a very hot lower Midwest morning… its gonna be a 107F heat index day here in Missouri. Fortunately I have my heat “relief” ready for the 4th. and black powder starting tonite. The AC is already on. Happy Birthday USA!
“Happy birthday America! https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f1fa-1f1f2.svg”
Speaking of that, a small part of the celebration is that the only operating “Big Boy” crossed the country and is scheduled to be in Philadelphia on July 4th. The first time it’s been on the East Coast since it was built. It will then head back to Wyoming where it was restored to operating condition.
They “Big Boy” is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive ever built. It was built for the Union Pacific Railroad to haul cargo in the Rocky Mountains over some routes without the need for other “helper” engines.
Only 25 or so were built. Only 8 weren’t scrapped. 7 are static displays. Only 1 is operational.
The return route and schedule is published. If you live close enough to the route, you might be able to see it in action as it passes by or at a scheduled stop. https://www.up.com/about-us/history/steam/schedule There are also YouTube videos out there.
(During the restoration, it was converted from coal-fired boilers to oil. That was done since the infrastructure to support coal-fired steam engines was phased out long ago.)
Unfortunately the 4th July America Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade in Philadelphia has been cancelled because of the dangerous heat.
Bummer.
But the “Big Boy” is still there. I don’t remember how long before it leaves to continue it’s tour.
Around here, “Big Boy” is a restaurant chain. You had me confused for a minute.
That’s why I put it in quotes. I remember the chains. Where I grew up it was “Frisch’s Big Boy”.
The name for the engine was supposed to be something else. But an unknown worker wrote “Big Boy” in chalk on the front of the boiler plate of the first engine. The name stuck. Kind of like “The Warthog” replaced “Thunderbolt 2” for the A-10. 😎
I asked Google,
“Please list the auto manufacturers in France who produce EV models. And for those models, how many are equipped with air conditioning as a standard feature?”
Answer:
“Major French auto manufacturers producing EV models include Renault, Peugeot, Citroën, and DS Automobiles. For their primary electric models, air conditioning is a standard feature on 100% of them, with many including automatic climate control and pre-heating features.”
The problem in France is the irrational resistance to facility AC. There is no resistance to vehicle AC, even for the green-preferred EVs. Maybe this is fundamentally a mental health problem.
That is all for now.
But do the “most vulnerable populations” have the latest fashionable EV models?
Only Climate Soothsayers predict. Climate Realists say, “Yes, we have warmed some since the LIA, and it’s a good thing too. So what?”
Damned straight!
“It is absurd that all governments in our country, under pressure from left-green mumbo-jumbo, advise against the use of air-conditioning.” The true absurdity is your government uses AC in it’s buildings, and in it’s members homes. Obeying rules and laws is only for the peons, not the Rulers.
Did anyone catch Mammydammy’s (NYC Mayor) advice for keeping the old folks in NYC cool at 78deg? After shutting down a mostly Jewish neighborhood’s electricity because the power company was having “problems”? I guess his AC is just fine. Early news so could be wrong.
He claims that government offices were also having their thermostats reset. He gave an example of a 13 story building where the thermostats had been reset on the first 7 floors. No mention of what happened to the thermostats on the top 6 floors, where management dwells.
Ah, so…yep, I see. Not a surprise.
Whistleblowers using digital thermometers in city government buildings proved that was a lie in real time.
More dead elderly and babies is the goal.
Gotta cut the welfare rolls somehow.
That is what it comes down to, remove the useless eaters.
“its”
A bit picky, but a common mistake.
A way to remember when to use “its” or “it’s”.
“It’s” is a contraction of “it is”.
“Its” is the possessive form of “it”, just like “his” or “hers”. No apostrophe.
Jeff, a reproof is most useful when it is followed by a correction, something to help not make the same mistake again.
English has some weird rules. (Or should I have said “wierd” rules? “I before E except after C”.)
Donut you agree? 😎
Pedantic much?
The Current European heat wave is also explainable in terms of the solar radiation changes with position on the earth affected by precession and rotation. In numerical terms, places undergo incoming radiation change at the surface quite adequate to explain historic measured events.
Colleague Ric Willoughby has written several WUWT articles. More widely, another rather compelling article should appear in the next week.
People say that Earth is warming as it comes out of a little Ice Age. I ask, what is the mechanism of this warming change? Most people have no plausible answer.
Read Ric Willoughby and tell us readers if it satisfies this need.
Geoff S
Everybody gets to experience their Hunga Tonga heat wave.
News tip Roger Hallam has become involved with this organisation https://4billiondead.org/ based on the opinions contained in this document https://actuaries.org.uk/media/ni4erlna/planetary-solvency.pdf.
The University of Exeter got rid of chemistry and replaced it with nuts.
The small print does include “This research is a piece of thought leadership and is open to discussion and challenge.” The problem is people taking it at face value as a prophecy without thinking, which it’s not.
The author is lying. It’s a dumb lie that only deniers would believe because they are too lazy to follow links. From one of links
“Though this turn into a cycle since ACs contribute to global warming, we undoubtedly still need them in order to survive the rising temperatures, whether it’s at home or in our working spaces.”
So not against air conditioners. Just more stupid talking points from idiot deniers
Yeah, like the stupid talking point that “ACs contribute to global warming”.
They do if placed near weather site thermometers… 😉
Only denier here, seems to be you. !
Socialists really do get their panties in a wad when their lies and schemes are talked about by those they consider to be lesser beings.
Keep crying Mark. Still waiting for you to show a global temp record showing the 1920s warmer than today
It’s the 30’s not the 20’s, if you are going to lie about something, don’t make it so easy to refute.
The data has been shown many times.
Hmm…how much does the production of winter clothing and heating homes contribute to “Global Warming”?
You won’t put in any effort to find out the answer to your question. Deniers are lazy
Why should everyone do your work for you?
Fascinating how anything you don’t want to believe is a lie, and anyone who disagrees is a denier.
Well, I’ve had sinus problems all of my 76 years- mostly due to pollen and dust. The only time they’re really doing well and I can breath clearly is when running my AC.
Same age, same issues, same solution…if detrimental effects include breathing, I’m all in favor of them. And as Momma would say: “Consider the source” when gathering info about anything. Indeed.
By the way, regarding the sinus problem, aside from the AC, what I’ve found- only in recent years- is that at night when one or more nostril is plugged due to the sinus problem- is drink water. I’ll often wake up struggling to breath. Typically, one nostril is plugged- I’ll drink maybe a half glass of water, go back to bed, and notice it’s cleared about 5 minutes later. When I was a kid, my mother brought to 3 ENT doctors. One called for surgery, one said to use that toxic nasal spray (which always made it worse) and the other put a red hot cauterizing iron up my nose until I screamed bloody murder and blood poured out as if I had be shot. Ever since, I’ve had very little confidence in the medical professions. They could have at least suggested to drink more water- but no….. no profit in that!
Sad, but true…no profit. Our family MD was a practical and honest man-he said water…but as an adult, I prefer gin (joke!). Good health to you Joe, and stay practical.
Reminiscent of the Covid crises where people were tagged as Covid deaths instead of the real underlying cause.
Yeah, like gunshot wounds, car accidents-those sorts of things, not to mention other ordinary things like falls, drownings, aircraft crashes, etc.
So here in the UK I haven’t got air conditioning. My house is well insulated , with loft and cavity wall insulation and modern double glazed units all to save energy . As a consequence it gets very hot and once it gets up to 31C outside the house stays very hot all night even with the windows open . The other day it hit 37c and inside my house it was over 30C all night , at 4.00 Am the outside temperature was 28C , so I will be installing air con and probably need to use it just 12 days a year . Interestingly my Skoda car has lovely cool air conditioning, now if I were to switch the aircon off and open the windows it would warn me I was using energy inefficiently and as me to close the windows.
” the house stays very hot all night “
I solved that problem by moving to a place at an elevation of just over 2,200 feet and mostly clear sky. Even on a 33°C (~92°F) day, the inside might cool to 20°C by 6:00 AM. 🙂
And what are the temperatures in deepest, darkest winter? You can’t win for losing.
Yes. The walls in the house – not just the air – get hot, and even if you open the windows the moment the sun goes down, the walls don’t cool down enough overnight to afford relief.
Do you use thermal insulated curtains on the windows? They help keep the heat out – even if you DO have air conditioning.
An attic fan might be a good idea as well.
Best at night tho when shit be cooler and less humid-I have one and it is wonderful-cools the house down just amazingly.
Also useful in spring and fall when the sun can warm up a house, while the air remains cooler, or at least drier.
Many years ago, I read someone’s thesis that three things irrevocably changed American life after WW II: air conditioners, which allowed people to stay inside instead of sitting outside chatting with neighbors; TV, which had to be watched inside rather than listened to from the porch like radio; and remote control garage door openers which allowed people to come home from work and go inside without ever seeing the neighbors.
Mostly true, tho it did take quite a few years. I remember sitting on the front porch in the ’50s and early ’60s while my mother played the piano, with the front door open, and all the neighbors coming over on those hot Summer nites in Chicago. Times change, sad but true.
Yes, the article did not claim they were simultaneous, only that the combination was a massive change in culture / society.
The note about Carter’s thermostat guidance reminded me of my first assignment in the Army to a lab at Aberdeen Proving Ground around 1980. I learned that the Army measured temperature with a calendar. The AC could not be turned on until after June 1st and had to be turned off by Sept 30. Apparently the average high temperature was low enough that people should never need AC outside that window.
In London the summers are short, comfortable, and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, mostly cloudy, and windy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 39°F to 74°F and is rarely below 30°F or above 84°F.
I doubt whether any people would think it would be worth it to spend over £5,000 to install an AC system which would hardly ever be used!
My Yankee mind is trying to reconcile these two statements:
“…the winters are long, very cold,”
and
“is rarely below 30°F”
These two statements cannot both be true! 🤔
The quote was from a British perspective! The hottest month of the year in London is July, with an average high of 73°F and low of 59°F, certainly no AC needed under the average conditions. As Mark says a small portable unit might be the practical solution for use under exceptional conditions like this summer.
A whole house system may not be worth it. However a couple of window units for the bedrooms might be a useful addition.
Yes, although the different design of windows such as outward opening casement windows in British houses frequently makes that impractical.
They also make portable units, with air ducts to pull in outside air and exhaust it back outside. You might have to rig something to hold the window piece in place. Perhaps a couple of angled brackets mounted on the sides of the window so that you can slide the panel into place.
This has the advantage of being able to use it in the living room during the day and move it to the bedroom at night.
The purpose of air-conditioning is to provide relief within buildings from the heat of the external environment. It does this by cooling the air inside the building. The heat removed from the air in this cooling process is sent out to the external environment. This heat, particularly in large urban areas adds to the heat island effect. The heat of the external environment adds to the demand for air-conditioning. The purpose of this air-conditioning is to provide relief within buildings from the heat of the external environment…
OK, I give you your point-but so? What about the air filtering effects? That’s valid also.
And the dehumidification.
Yup…very useful here on really humid days…a major reason we use it…Midwest Summers, well-air you can wear.
I’ve rigged the drain line so that it waters the plants at the back of the house.
Public Policy needs to be based on reality. One important reality is that the climate will continue to get warmer. If mankind is not the primary source of warming, it will get warmer. If mankind IS that proximate cause of warming, it will continue to get warmer. If CO2 emissions are NOT the proximate cause of warming, it will continue to get warmer. If CO2 emissions ARE the proximate cause, it will continue to get warmer.
Adjust to it.
“Green energy is hardly green”
The least “green” people on the planet are the greens. That goes double for “green” leaders.
I was in college at a state university working in the electronics lab when Carter’s thermostat mandates were issued.
As soon as management left, we moved everything in the lab that generated heat to as close to the thermostat as possible.
When that proved insufficient, we found some old heat lamps and mounted them in unobtrusive spots and pointed them directly at the thermostats.
You don’t mess with undergrad engineering students.
Nicely put (from a former undergrad engineering student).
By the way, look up the Institute of Hacks, TomFoolery and Pranks (IHTFP). Note that this title dates back to days when hacking was not a bad thing.
What the AirCon Debate Says About Britain’s Climate Insanity – Konstantin Kisin
I’m a little confused. There is a disagreement about heatwaves. Are they becoming more frequent and more intense? Then there is a disagreement about air-conditioning. Should we have more or less? The odd thing is that the people who say that heatwaves are no more frequent or more intense seem to tend to be strongly in favour of more air-conditioning while those who claim that heatwaves are more frequent and more intense seem to be opposed to air-conditioning.
Those know that heat waves are neither more frequent nor more intense, believe that people should be free to make their own decisions regarding air conditioners. That doesn’t make them pro-AC, it makes them pro personal freedom.
As populations get wealthier, it makes sense that more people can afford AC, and should be allowed to buy it, if they want.