Ok, time to call a spade a spade, even if some folks aren’t going to like it.
The real reason millions of Europeans have been discouraged to use AC is not because of the environment, it’s because the electric grid would be overwhelmed.
Because of politicians failure to build adequate infrastructure and power plants matching actual needs.
Because they’ve been pushing an anti nuclear energy agenda for decades.
And because they’ve failed to do hard things, such as telling the Truth.
Also because for decades, they failed about being honest with their people regarding Europe’s dependency on Russian gas.
Now?
Vulnerable people are suffering because these politicians were too busy lining their pockets instead of doing their job, which is to make hard decisions and which should be about making people’s lives easier.
And don’t tell me “but Greece/Italy/Malta/Spain and Croatia have AC”. Good for them, but it doesn’t change the fact that right now millions of people are suffering in Germany, the UK, France and elsewhere. In trains, buses, hospitals, schools and daycare centers with no AC.
Meanwhile, the “let them eat cake” crowd in Brussels are running AC in their offices, and media talking heads are telling you from their air conditioned tv studio that you should just use a cold pack and paint your windows white.
Guys, I don’t know what to tell you, but I think it’s time to wake up. The boiling frog syndrome is strong in Europe, and no, I’m not just talking about French people there.
And before you call me a dumb American like a brainwashed parrot, sorry, but I’m not a US citizen, I hold an EU passport and I’ve spent more than 50% of my life in Europe.
I’m not here to mock European people currently suffering, I’m genuinely furious about what elderly people, infants and vulnerable individuals in general are currently going through right now. I also think it’s criminal to have bus drivers, doctors and nurses working under those conditions.
Especially when the current situation could have been avoided if it wasn’t for misguided political agendas and in the name of an “equity” which, as it turns out, is hurting the poor and vulnerable people the most.
I’m done rambling on this topic, but I sure won’t forget about all this. And yes, whether you like it or not, European countries refusing to adapt to hotter summers are sabotaging their own economy and jeopardizing their future.