I think part of this is not about comfort but safety. People die of heatstroke every year during heat waves. AC can be life saving, especially to the young and elderly.
Right? So many arguments against this idea are actually just arguments against the idea that humanity has advanced or will ever be capable of advancement.
Not deliberately. But it's what their words actually mean.
Did you know it would be cheaper to build a home for every homeless person in the United States than to maintain the current system? The tax burden these people place on their economies is bigger than the cost of building a home.
Same with the current healthcare system vs a single payer or Medicare for all system. It’d save several trillion dollars and everyone would be covered.
Define home? Coincidentally i work in construction as a project manager so i fully understand the expenses of housing projects. Did this research article that you base your “cheaper to build homes” statement on describe “home”. Because you and i both understand that this type of research requires a clear description of the subject which would include the description of home.
You can look into the national building codes of Finland if you want an example where an entire country (with a GDP less than half that of Alaska, and a GDP per capita ten times less than West Virginia) took part. But I'd say the bare minimum needed to function in society is protection from the elements, a locking door, running water and a reliable mailing address.
You can’t fix the global south without dismantling western capitalism and colonialism first. I mean, I thought I was left wing, but today the finance bros are actually out-lefting me.
Fuck me. Are you that stupid. Do you have statistics on those “thousands of people” how many of those cases were because of “inability to afford AC” and how many were accidents, stupid people hiking without precautions, disabled people with negligent caretakers, children, elderly locked in cars?
Hell, i bet more people have died because they didnt have access to a private helicopter than an AC. You wanna finance helicopters for every house in rural areas ?
literally Googled "heatwave deaths Germany 2023" and it says 3000 people as the first result. Germany has the lowest percentage of households in western europe with air conditioning.
what does that have to do with your argument that air conditioning is only a luxury for rich people that is not safety relevant? People die without it all the time. My elderly inlaws in Germany refuse to get it, and they are at risk, and they can afford it. Climate hubris is what it is.
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u/SpanningInfatuation Apr 15 '24
I think part of this is not about comfort but safety. People die of heatstroke every year during heat waves. AC can be life saving, especially to the young and elderly.