• @Matriks404
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    28 months ago

    Cooling? Is this some US thing?

    • @[email protected]
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      138 months ago

      In many places in the US, if you do not have a system to remove humidity from the air in a space, you will fail to regulate your body temperature via sweating, leading to heat stroke and more.

    • @Buffaloaf
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      138 months ago

      In 2022, over 1600 Americans died from heat related illnesses.

    • @CoggyMcFee
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      8 months ago

      The post literally links to US government sites, so I am hopeful you’ll be able to sort out this mystery

    • @[email protected]
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      88 months ago

      Yes. I assume you’re in Europe, it’s way hotter here and an apartment without AC is essentially useless much of the year.

      Same reason we guzzle ice water (or soft drinks) like crazy people in restaurants.

    • @chiliedogg
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      68 months ago

      Last summer we had a streak of 45 consecutive days over 100°F where I’m at.

      I’ve never turned on my heater. I don’t even know if it works. If it gets cold I grab an extra blanket or wear pajamas. When my AC quit working I moved in with a friend for a few days while it got fixed, because the inside of my trailer house can hit 125 in the summer.

      In February I used less than 200kWh of electricity . In July I used nearly 1800.

    • @PanoptiDon
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      48 months ago

      It never occurred to me that it wouldn’t get above 100F/37C in other countries