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Fan of logic and critical reasoning (now missing from Planet Earth) Never used Twitter pre-Covid, won't Post-Covid

[Leigh Phillips @Leigh_Phillips]

Important piece from @mboudry on the deadly impact of Europe’s anti-A/C superstition that in turn comes from a degrowth-lite ethos and policies that aim to reduce energy use instead of aiming to reduce GHG emissions. (C.f. Germany’s belief that you fight climate change by shutting off nuclear plants)

[Adam Carolla @adamcarolla]

True

[Ali Utlu @AliCologne]

Hätten Deutschland und Belgien ihre Kernkraftwerke nicht stillgelegt, hätte ganz Europa den ganzen Sommer über die Klimaanlagen auf Hochtouren laufen lassen können und dennoch weniger CO₂-Emissionen verursacht als jetzt. Die „Grünen“ zerstören die Welt und verursachen jährlich Zehntausende Todesfälle.

[Tobias Schneider @tobiaschneider]

Germany's public broadcaster actually put out an infographic this week discouraging people from using AC units because they "merely displace" heat which would be replaced by more hot air. Instead they recommend unplugging electronics, rolling up carpets, and hanging wet laundry

[Lars Kruse @Lars_Kruse_1973]

- Wärmepumpen, welche die Wärme nach innen und die Kälte nach außen abgegeben, sind SEHR ENERGIEEFFIZIENT, eine fortschrittliche Technologie und müssen den Deutschen am besten per Gesetz aufgenötigt werden.
- Wärmepumpen, die jedoch Kälte nach innen und Wärme nach außen abgeben, sind klimaschädlich und NICHT ZU EMPFEHLEN.
Das versteht doch jeder, oder?

[Peter Hague @peterrhague]

When you lived in the USSR the government tormented you, ostensibly, in service of a grand plan to produce communist utopia. In Britain you’re tormented by the state basically because they enjoy doing it. There is no grand plan, no civilisational purpose. It’s just pettiness for its own sake

[Jarvis @jarvis_best]

“Sacre bleu it is simply IMPOSSIBLE for Europe to have AC! We have old buildings!” - Meanwhile in reality:

[Start Stop Reset @startstop_reset]

Not. Parody.

Net zero power station to be built on Loch Ness

https://t.co/GVGKDWEbc6

[Yinzer G @yinzer_g]

What I've learned from World Cup travelers this week.

- Apparently the US is the only country with A/C
- Other countries don't use seasoning on their food
- You can only buy a gallon of milk in the USA
- You have to pay for a 2nd or 3rd pop at a restaurant outside of America. No free refills
- They love to party just like us and boy are they fun!
- Only we do flyovers before games
- America's spring is hotter than Europe's summer
-We have a lot to learn when it comes to soccer chants
- Ranch Dressing is a delicacy to be treasured
- Their media lies to them just like ours does to us

Can we keep em?

[Daniel @growing_daniel]

I remember some southern wine mom once told me all this global warming stuff was a scam to keep us as feudal serfs and I said huh idk I think it's about the climate changing and now I'm like actually maybe she was right

[Rachel V @RachelVT42]

Everything is fine 🔥 🔥 🔥 🐶 🔥 🔥 🔥

[𝐍𝐢𝐨𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐠 🇮🇷 ✡︎ @NiohBerg]

"Force the most homophobic regimes on Earth to do a Pride Match"

[Gina Milan @ginamilan_]

Pretty bad when Indiana’s AG weighs in…

[Fraser Myers @FraserMyers]

The Net Zero anti-aircon argument (if it has been thought through at all) is essentially that instead of cooling air instantly and cheaply, we need to persuade every government on Earth to abandon economic growth forever in the hope that at some point between the years 2300 and 3000, average temperatures will settle at about half a degree Celsius above 1990s levels

[Tanvi Ratna @tanvi_ratna]

Peak France:

sitting on abundant cheap nuclear power that could run AC with basically zero emissions guilt,

then in the hottest days on record, having a national debate over whether AC is philosophically decadent

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Movie pitch.

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Lol.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

The European Commission literally shut off air conditioning but only for floors 1-7, where people of lower rank work.

[Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior]

“It’s getting hotter” as a reason to not have AC… gotta love the European mind

[Maarten Boudry @mboudry]

German government to its citizens: portable A/C is "not effective" because the pressure drop sucks hot air into the room, "which heats the room even more".
🤯

"Here we see the midwit condescension of the European managerial elite in its purest form. First of all, this is all disingenuous. The environment ministry knows full-well that air-conditioners work, they just don't want people using them because it would strain the German electricity infrastructure -- which the environment ministry itself has done a good deal to weaken.

Also, if portable AC units don't work, why have Germans bought 75% more of these machines in the last five years? Why are there literally millions of reviews on Amazon and elsewhere saying "This thing works great! Finally I can sleep through the night!". Why has pretty much nobody ever returned an AC unit, saying "It just made the room hotter!" How stupid do these bureaucrats think Germans are?"