Why Europe Faces An Air Conditioning Problem After Its Red-Hot Summer
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- Опубликовано: 20 май 2024
- Europe is facing a tough winter, as inflation and energy prices continue to rise. The continent also faces tough decisions following its scorching hot summer.
Heat waves in Europe broke records, sparked widespread wildfires and even damaged a busy runway at a London airport.
Unlike the U.S., European countries don’t rely on air conditioning to cope with high temperatures. Fewer than 10% of households in Europe owned air conditioners as of 2016, according to the International Energy Agency.
“If we were looking at the beginning of this summer, it was fairly quiet. We were getting typically 20 inquiries a day maybe for people interested in air conditioning,” said Richard Salmon, director of The Air Conditioning Co., which is based in central London.
Demand for air conditioners spiked as temperatures crossed 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the United Kingdom.
“I’ve been here for 15 years and I’ve never seen anything quite like it,” Salmon said.
As countries around the globe rapidly adopt ways to cool their homes and businesses, it becomes more important to install cooling technology that doesn’t contribute to higher temperatures in the future via carbon emissions.
“It is clear that if no effective mitigation strategies will be put in place on a global scale to cut emissions then this kind of summer and these kinds of events will become the new norm,” said Andrea Toreti, senior climate researcher at the European Commission, the executive body of the EU.
Watch the video to learn more about why large parts of Europe don’t have air conditioning, how ACs contribute to climate change, and new kinds of efficient cooling technologies that can mitigate carbon emissions.
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Why Europe Faces An Air Conditioning Problem After Its Red-Hot Summer
Nobody cares about climate change unless it affects them directly, we at Nepal(and many other developing/underdeveloped nations) have been experiencing unnatural shifts in our weather patterns for the last decade, our crops are regularly dry, dying and drowning. Those voices were never heard in global media, now it's happening to those countries who caused it, it is suddenly in the limelight. However, glad to finally see the problems are being addressed.
The problem is there is no actual science to support the idea of man-caused climate change. There is a lot of nonsense being touted as science but no application of the scientific method: 1) state the unknown in the form of a testable question 2) develop a test methodology 3) perform the tests per the methodology 4) analyze the results.
As I often point out, the logic for blaming CO2 rise for temperatures anywhere is hardly different from blaming evil spirits. We are suffering from our failure to properly educate our young in scientific principles. Even if we were to instill the most basic rule of investigation, "correlation does not demonstrate causation; roosters crowing do not make the sun rise," we would be far better off.
Many people cared about climate change even without it effecting them, for example protesters and scientists. Of course some need it to affect them, and some don't believe it even then.
The sun is in a cycle where it has been emitting more radiation every year for about the last 100 years. Good luck fixing that. Way to blame others though.
Tell China and India, they’re biggest polluters. Update if you’re still alive to report
No one caused it. Large populations have always had climate changes that have ended their existence or forced them to migrate. This just happens to be a time of climatic shift. Greenland was named because it was green at one time, now total ice. I'm sorry for your misfortune but it isn't our fault.
Here in Norway we have air to air heatpumps in our homes which works as an efficient way to keep warm during winter and cool during summer. And air to air heatpump has a COP of 5 compared to a radiator which has 1. With solar panels, it can be very energy efficient to cool down our homes.
Are these ducted or ductless mini-splits? I thought much of Norway used radiant floor heat.
How does solar work in Norway? You have entire months at night
Ofc you're making a lot of money with your gas prices
@@NeoShameMan the solar actually will need AC cooling in the summer to dump the excess peak surplus energy.
I have just installed a mini split system. Not because I think that I'm destroying the environment but because my idiot politicians have made fuel oil very expensive.
I live in Ireland and I'm renting a council house. The council is retrofitting our houses with new triple glaze windows , new exterior doors , blocking out chimneys and installing air to water heat pump heating. We aren't getting the dual function heat pumps.
During the heatwave we had I had a portable air conditioner (which is very loud and takes up lots of floor space) and the temperature went down to 23.4c from 30c with all windows and doors closed all day. I had thermal blackout blinds closed behind the curtains and a thermal layer added to the curtains in the hottest room.
As soon as I turned off the portable air conditioner at 9pm the temperature rose back up to 27c within an hour.
I got quoted €4,000 to get two rooms air conditioned. My bedroom and sitting room. I'm going to get a quote for a heat pump instead and see if it still costs the price of two kidneys.
I have 2 minisplit heat pumps which are 9000 BTU 42 SEER and another which is 6000 BTU and 33 SEER. I have a relatively new whole house unit, and it's only 13 SEER. Those minispits use 1/3 of what the whole house uses. Also, those mount on a wall, so they don't block windows, and you don't need ductwork. Also, in a pinch, you could aircondition one room, like your bedroom, and stay there for a while.
@@fjalics yes, your bedroom & office are the most important rooms for aircon.
@@fjalics there would be no place for duct work in this house. I don't have a basement and my ceiling is 7' high. Plus my attic is very low and I only have one bedroom. I have no idea what seer is.
I have to get a quote for these things. I'm not sure if I could even afford it. I'll probably have to stick with the portable air conditioner.
@@goodgame3374 I don't have an office. This is a small one bedroom house.
@@Steve30x more savings for you :)
Many Dutch people install a mini split A/C at this moment (just before winter) to heat there home, with electricity, to save natural gas expenses.
It's ironic how different it is in the US. Gas is so cheap that mini split systems aren't economical.
@@spacetoast7783 God bless the US of A
YES! I am so happy to hear how smart the Dutch are (again). Heat pumps are efficient and don't need Russian gas. But install more onshore wind, solar PV, offshore wind, etc.
their*
@@speculawyer it's a difference in philosophy mainly I think and not a matter of smartness. the inclination to innovate/upgrade/replace/repair and the willingness to save money. To mention a bit on the installation of solar and wind? Damm, you basically can't get an inverter anywhere all on back order and if they are available no labour to install them.
I’m from the Uk. The trouble is these days they are putting so much insulation in homes it’s actually making them unhealthy to live in. Yes it considerably saves energy but at the same time the houses can’t breathe. . There is nothing to circulate fresh air and people are getting illnesses. It wouldn’t be so bad if they installed proper heat exchangers but they don’t
I personally don't see anything wrong with darkened advertisement billboards lol. I hate ads.
Never had an AC on my apartments / houses in Germany. Especially the century old houses with thick massive walls can keep the hot temperature outside just fine
When I visited my brother and sister in law in Germany, it was always cold and rainy
@@bbbt8090 not sure when that was, but also Germany gets is usually nice and warm during the summer; The past few years Germany regularly face heatwaves as well. There are a few "hot spots" which are always warmer than the rest of the country, some other places are extraordinary dry (especially in the north-east) and in the south special conditions might bring warm temperatures even in the middle of the winter. Not hot, but definetly too warm for the winter, like 21°C / 70°F on Christmas Eve
Eventually, with long enough heat waves, that thermal mass will be overcome and the house will become an oven.
@@1873Winchester as long as you don't live in apartment right under the roof that really isn't a problem. I lived in several hot places and went through some hot dry summers with heatwaves. Although it was warm inside, it never got hot and unbearable.
I don't even have a fan at home as we simply don't need one
@@EnjoyFirefighting Ever been to the UK? Their brick houses are miserable to be in during the summer. Also miserable in the winter.
Here in puerto rico the heat is INSUFFERABLE almost everyone has ac on. And when the horrendous heat starts from april all the way until mid october, the demand for ac is so high that the power grid cant keep up and we have outages.Even worse is the suffocating humidity that stays from 85 to 95 percent all the time until mid october.
cope
solar panels if you can afford it and get off the grid. I know it is not cheap
@@bradspaugh9827 Funny story, Florida keeps trying to pass a bill that requires people who switch to solar to continue paying Duke a minimum monthly fee, even if you go solar and don't use their services. Solar also increses your property taxes here for some reason. People who take the grants/loans to go solar end up being unable to afford their property taxes and can risk losing their homes.
Well, Puerto Rico is TROPICAL! All the "greenies" that say- "Just stop using A/C" should have to LIVE in those conditions!! Time to upgrade the grid. Nobody should have to live in sweltering heat / humidity.
@@TheFalseShepphard You have no clue at all. Heat stress is a killer.
As an Air conditioning technician and Refrigeration I am really worried about the next ten years to come it will be unsustainable if we don't contain the heat on the earth surface but I am glad specialist are working around the clock to find a long lasting solution to this problem
Lies again? Gold Cup Gain City Grab CDG
My grandma is in northern poland by the shore which is the same latitude as the border between England and Scotland, they dont have air conditioning aswell because it rarely gets unpleasantly hot
*got*
It used to rarely get unbearably hot here in Ireland too but it's gotten very unbearably hot here with the past three summers.
@@Steve30x yeah every place is different, she has more of the shore wind that cools the city a bit so that makes up for it
What is uprudulu hot?
@@Jthewoods153 I have no idea. I didn't realise autocorrect replaced unbearably with that word until you pointed it out.
Innovations in humidity control could be huge. Anyone who lives in the desert southwest of the US can tell you how comfortable 85F (30C) can be -- just as long as it's dry enough and you're not required to wear a suit. That same temperature in a high-humidity environment can feel like 100F+ (38C+).
Putting Norway and Spain in one Pot and compute the average gives kind of nonsense Results. Are Airconditions normal in Alaska ? They hardly ever have over 26C/80F. And this summer was not at all extrem hot, it was extremly dry, almost the driest in history.
If A/C are necessary, they can easily be run on Solar, cause you need them only when sun is shining. That's a perfect match.
I have just one split ac/ heater in my place which in my living room ! It works wonders! My duplex was built in 2021 and is thankfully well insulated. I bought a dyson tower fan to circulate the cool air faster to my bedroom. My highest electricity bill was September when I turned on the AC every night almost for about an hour or two…. 🥁 🥁 🥁 it was $56!!! PGE also include natural gas which is crazy expensive now so I use my air fryer a lot more..
A ooint that they failed to talk about is build our home better with, so the energy bill will be lower too. Less air leaks throughout the house means less heat coming in
Runways melted... We have 50c in Pakistan in summar and never heard runway getting melted or Air force stopped flying..
countries build for their usual climate, not for events that aren't expected
I guess the asphalt mix may differ from country to country. Some deal with extreme heat, others with extreme cold.
Pakistan has airports?
A friend I worked with told of waiting at an airport in Tunisia when the temperature outside was 55C (131F). I presume they were still flying.
@@flagmichael I sat in a plane on a runway in Phoenix years ago because the temp on the runways was above what the plane could take off at - we waited 2 hrs for the sun to go down and temp to drop enough. The pilot kept us up to date on it every 20 minutes or so... said he'd experienced similar somewhere in the Persian Gulf region. Not certain, but I think it twas 123F on the runway and had to get below 120F (from memory)...
Super high efficiency heat pump should be made mandatory. The 28 seer units I put in my dwellings are used 75% of time to heat with efficiency over 200% (grid is fully renewable here in Ottawa) over all, the heat efficiency make me save more kw heating than the kw I use for AC!
What brand do you use?
28 SEER? I’d like to know as well eehhh?
What brand of heat pump? What is your cost of electricity? What is the cost of natural gas?
Never used to need Air condition here in Vancouver Canada, but now we see sustained temps over 30 degrees for months at the worst we've seen is 51C. So its almost a necessity now, otherwise its unbearable. Europe being on the same latitude, I can see how its becoming a must have instead of a luxury.
... ac is only needed at 100f/38c . . breeze and fan serve rest of time . . . This assumes one can take a bit of sweat not whiners who think sweat is like a gunshot.... But my family loves AC so basically the planet is doomed ... I'm poor in Houston so I do notice when I turn on AC, it comes on at 100F 4 hours a day for 2 months in July and August..... 90 with fan is fine, , Seattle was cold compared to Houston..... Our ancestors settled areas without electric fans so clearly AC is not "necessary".. I'm not being harsh for no reason , just think breeze and fans get little thought people jump to ac and then lecture how seattle is warm..... Us people are soft and liars..
Here in the southeastern US it was a fairly mild summer if I do say so. Most people I know said the same.
Get a good heat pump!
Latitude surprisingly doesn't correlate much with temperature. For example Maine, which is one of the snowiest states in the US, is the same latitude as southern France, which can go whole winters without seeing any snow accumulation.
You didn't see 51C. Hottest recorded temperature there was 34.9C, July 2009.
i have no intention of giving up my AC. but its definitely not impossible to live without AC. i remember in the 60s when the first window air arrived in our neighborhood, and i remember what it was like in that living room. we can live without, but i would rather not.
Modern houses are built a lot differently now. And the heat waves are getting hotter. Going without AC is still doable in some climates (my grandfather still doesn't have AC in his house in Ohio). It would be unimaginable for me to live in a house without AC here in southern Texas; unless it was some kind of specially designed "passive" house, shotgun house, or one of those old plantation houses with many large windows and wrap-around porch.
we can't live without AC anymore, the average temperatures worldwide have increased significantly since then. So from what you remember 50+ years ago was manageable, but now it is not
With the gas crisis in Europe, I think that it would be sensible to install dual purpose AC and heat pump units. Renters often do not have that option.
How to cool an apartment that won't let you install an AC unit: crack 2 windows open, have a lot of fans to circulate air, and run a portable swamp cooler in a not so obvious spot. Humidity can be controlled by opening the windows more to get lower humidity and closing them more to get higher humidity. Disclaimer: This will not work in the Southeastern US or any other high humidity area.
Climate change nonsense aside, there are places that are barely inhabitable without artificial cooling. In Phoenix the heat island effect enhances the desert heat to produce occasional nights that never get below 40C and many that never get below 35C. The Phoenix city code requires cooling on all inhabited structures. The last CEO of the Fortune 100 electric company I retired from was ousted after his policy of cutting off electricity to residential customers even in the summer caused a death.
@@edwardturpin6544 No losing my A/C is non-negotiable.
I think the real problem isn't heating or air con but the way houses are designed, which for the most part, most houses are designed badly around the world.
Take my house for example in the UK, in winter, the house is well insulated, so much so that we tend to only need heating on for about a day or two per year, the house seems to hold a lot of the heat inside but on the other side of the coin, in summer, it gets too hot upstairs, with a few changes and better design, this house could work so you rarely need heating in winter and don't need air con in summer if you block a lot of the heat from coming inside the house, some houses actually do this already, even in colder climates than the UK.
If houses were better design, people could save a fortune on heating and cooling and live more comfortable indoors, so yeah we could invent better heating and cooling solutions, which we should, but what we should be doing is reducing the heat that comes into a house whiles trapping as much heat that's already in the house, that would work out better whiles using far less energy.
It's also the same with energy use, you'll be surprised how much energy you can save whiles not changing your quality of life, I'll give you an example, over the last 15 years, we went out of our way to reduce our energy consumption, we managed to reduce it to about half of what we used, this is also whiles having more tech items in the house, our quality of living is actually better now than it was 15 years ago whiles using about half the electric and how we did it, we put more focus on the energy use of items we buy, after 15 or so years of replacing items around the house, you end up reducing your energy use a lot whiles still living the same and I have a feeling a lot of people around Europe are going to do the same so that as the energy crisis eases, they'll be better off by using less energy than they did before the crisis and as the saying goes, never let a crisis go to waste, this is one of those times to make real changes in Europe and for that matter, around the world.
With that, there's only really 3 big items we can change now that will have a decent impact on lowering our energy and that's the boiler, the oven and the fridge freezer which now there are much better ones around, there are other small things we could change but it will have little impact overall, the only other thing we could do is solar panels which we've not jumped on yet.
When shopping for a fridge last year, the difference between the AAA+++(whatever) and a fridge from decades ago was €15 per year. Never throw away an old fridge. They last 30+ years whilst modern fridges last like 5. My old fridge had 2 compressors, meaning I could turn off the freezer. Most modern fridges only use 1. Singles don’t need freezers.
In older homes, they would have a cold room. They didn’t even need a fridge. Apartments should be built with a fridge-window. This winter I may turn my fridge off and use the balcony.
There's really only one solution for this, good insulation, it both retains, and keeps away the heat. Using directional windows to heat house is also good, but not really possible in most urban settings.
he uk dont have much cold weather
@@TheBooban a ten-year-old freezer should use about 475 kWh a new one 175 kWh a year so not much to be saved there.
I agree some. Better design is Definitely a solution. The setbacks unfortunately are the currently occupied locations. Unless, younger and older people are willing to look back on highly concentrated locations and mass producing cities as an exchange for a more modest and intelligent lifestyle, problem won't be solved.
These are problems erupting from 1st world nations, as to the awareness campaign and policies, just wait until 2nd and 3rd world nations want to Join. Awareness will never catch up to the immediate wants of people. The whole climate change initiative is not realistic or efficient, nor convincing.
Lets just hope, we choose less and punish those that want more mentality, can be less bloody and more efficient.
Living without air conditioning in places like Arizona or Texas is practically impossible! We sometimes have 100 + temperatures for 90+ days. It would be impossible to function and sleep without a good AC!
Then maybe people shouldn't live in places where the low at night is 98°F and ya should live somewhere with a more temperate climate?
How people live before AC?
@@jordanabendroth6458 doesn't matter anymore I live in the PNW and we had over 20 days this summer over 100.
It's getting hot everywhere.
When I was a kid (10 years ago)
Maybe one or two days a year in August it would hit 100 in Portland.
It hit 115 this summer.
@@jordanabendroth6458 We could say the same about winters where heat is necessary. It is seriously impolite telling people where to live. People generally live where their jobs are. I lived in Phoenix for a quarter of a century and made a good living at it.
@@TsarNick1995 Lest people say "that is the climate change we have been talking about" I should point out it is a recurring phenomenon known as the Ridiculously Resilient Ridge (see wikipedia - YT hates external links) bending the jet stream far north along the West Coast of the US. The RRR in turn was being driven primarily by The Blob! You can't make this stuff up... The Blob (wikipedia "The Blob (Pacific Ocean)" is a region of intermittently warm currents in the northern Pacific ocean. Now, if only they can name a phenomenon "Godzilla" our lives will be complete.
Humidity is a killer. Would rather have +40 than +20 with 100% humidity.
*laughs in living in Houston*
Fun fact, humidity correlates with weight gain.
Try living in Far North Queensland without AC. Our AC has a dry mode. Cuts power usage in half.
We need more of the drain lines to flow into the city sewer to be collected/treated since we've already pulled it out of the atmosphere we should use it.
treated sewage doesn't get used as tap water 🤢
Not a word about cutting off their nuclear energy power plants not a word about not having enough sustainable plants not worried about their stupid E.S.G. policy
They need to do a focus on why Europeans are so stingy with ice in your drinks. You're lucky if you get one cube! And it is already melting when they bring it to the table! You have gulp it down to get any relief from the heat. Why, Europeans, are you so controlling when it comes to controlling the number of cubes per drink?
It's barbaric!
Yes, this!!!!!! ^^^ Europeans are scared of anything that's cold (AC units, ice cubes, cold beer, regular sized refrigerators, etc.) I'm surprised they allow AC in their automobiles!!
heat pumps are great but just not where I live in Saskatchewan. Summers can be in the 25-35C range but in the winter the lows can be as cold as -40/-45C in extreme cases. Most normal nights in winter is around the -15 to -25C and they aren't that efficient in those temps
I live in southern Brazil in the city of Curitiba, about 1.000 meters altitude. It used to be ok in the summer but for the last 20 years it's been almost impossible to live without A/C in the summer. And Curitiba is the coldest capital in the country.
I have a geothermal heater that can be reversed during summer and cool down my house through fans in the ceiling. it actually saves me energy as the heat is stored for the coming winter
That’s cool that you have a $27,000 system that will keep you cool. I’m just going to get a cheap 12seer system that will likely contribute to global warming.
Air conditioners are an energy-efficient way of heating your home. I have three AC units in my 110sq m apartment (one 24k BTU, one 12 and one 7, all very efficient) but only the larger one is often enough to heat/cool the whole apartment (I also have good insulation even though I live on the top floor). In my country of Bulgaria temperatures can be extreme from 40c in the summer to -15 in the winter. Air conditioners also help with air pollution as a lot of people here are using firewood to heat their homes. Combining them with more green sources of energy like renewables or nuclear can actually have a positive impact on the environment weaning people off from gas and firewood.
Air-conditioning is for cooling your house. A furnace that blow heat inside your house, does the opposite. A/C works on electricity, furnaces works on gas.
@@Deadassbruhfrfr Nope, ACs are used for heating only in a lot of northern countries.
@@PavelGramatikov Air conditioning is for cooling. Look up the term.
@@Deadassbruhfrfr He's talking about reverse-cycle air conditioners which can heat and cool spaces. In northern countries, they can be tied into the hot water heat so that they can ONLY heat (which is rather stupid in my opinion).
@@Deadassbruhfrfr how about you look up the term you melon
Here un Spain this year by law the a/c at the malls/public buildings/stores...etc it can't be lower than 27°c (80,6°f) in summer or higher than 19°c (66,2°f) in winter
meanwhile in here in SE Asia... " cool/cold" temps 23c and avg temps hover 30-35c. scorching summers 40+ AC are a must in the home. either that or spend the entire day at the mall and just chill there and enjoy free ac LOL
Se asia is crazy hot. I'm scared for you all. The heat and humidity with even earlier heatwaves. I can't imagine but I can barely handle heat and think 15c is hot lolol
Cooling.
Water base air-conditioning, cooling and dehumidifier. Energy: fan + small water pump.
Refrigerator back side, washing machine, stove -> outside.
Heating.
Fireplace with circular exhaust around the house.
Refrigerator & stove inside, washing time on late afternoon.
HVAC careers in Europe coming soon
They're mixing up air conditioning with heat pumps. They both run on the same system of compressor, condenser, evaporator. Most heat pumps are reversible and can be used for air conditioning. If they wanted to talk about alternative humidity control they should have mentioned emthalpy wheels. This bring te humidity down more efficiently but are more complex. In terms of air management.
This report does more to confuse than to clarify...
Why are mic recordings sounding spitty or poppy these days, didnt they used to filter that. Ive noticed this in commercials too.
Here in Finland I have thermical heat pump for winter. In the summer does not mind a bit more sun.
Kind of satisified how nature slaps back at skeptical people who do not believe in global warming or climate change.
I wished it would always be spring
The Market has been pretty bad until today it decided to surge. Everybody was Practically Crying then. It kept dipping. That's what you get when you feel you can navigate the process on your own. Big thank to Alexis caballero. I'm not bothered with how bad the Market is because my assests are insured due to her advice and I still receive my profits
I think she trades for everybody I know. Met her twice at a conference in Germany, after her lecture I had to personally beg her to be my Finacial Advicer. I celebrate her strong feet.
What if instead of your heat exchanger trying to exchange heat with air that is already hot, It tried to exchange it in a cold water bath that acted as a preheater for your hot water heater?
You know heat in water rises, so if you have a vertical pre-hot water tank in front of your hot water tank, the air conditioner could draw from the bottom of this tank and dump in the top. As long as it is done right, the water should remain stratified, maximizing efficiency of such a system. If you have a swimming pool, you could consider dumping the heat into say coils around the swimming pool to help warm the water. Swimming pools never seem to be warm enough on their own. Europe could use holes bored in the ground for year round heating with heat pumps and air conditioning.
@@ChaJ67 👍
My house has three AC units. 1 4ton unit for upstairs, a 3 ton unit for downstairs, and a 1.5 ton unit for the garage. Where I live 99% of homes have AC.....
Totally one side of the coin. Air conditioners should play a major part in our energy transition away from fossil fuels. In many european climates cooling is only for a couple of days per year. But modern A++ aircons do exeptionally well in heating in winter times. Some models have a SCOP of more than 5. That means that from all the heat they put into the house during a winter season, only 1/5 comes from electricity. The rest is extracted from the air outside. Air source heatpumps only reach these numbers when there is underfloor heating in the whole house. For many people a single airconditioner in a stategic place can cut their gass expenses by a massive amount. When solar panels produce the electricity the aircon needs it doesn get a whole lot greener.
Thank you for mentioning it. They were only talking about how power hungry these AC units are but in reality, compared to other sources of heat, they are extremely energy efficient.
as long as you have means to generate electricity cost effectively ... it kind of points out the need for extremely inexpensive electricity ...
Democrat Biden, while launching his $2,300,000,000.00 plan to assist the construction of "sustainable" infrastructure, called climate change "literally an existential threat to our nation and to the world." He also claimed that "the health of our citizens and our communities is at stake."
During his visit to Florida, following Hurricane Ian, democrat Biden claimed that the hurricane had "ended" the debate on climate change. On Thursday, Biden declared that radical changes are required to "literally save the planet" from climate change. The Biden administration is even seeking to phase out gas-powered cars and block all oil and gas drilling on federal lands.
So do his actions match his words? Obviously not. He is a democrat.
The Daily Caller reported that on Friday, a day after his alarmist speech, democrat Biden burned 3,866 lbs of jet fuel to fly 72 miles aboard Air Force One to deliver a speech in Maryland.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency's emissions calculator, Air Force One produced CO2 emissions equivalent to driving 13,678 miles in an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle.
Fox News reported in September that democrat Biden flew Air Force One to Delaware solely to vote in a democrat primary, emitting roughly 16,641 lbs of CO2 emissions. The average cost of travel for democrat Biden is roughly $2,614 per minute.
John Kerry's private jet emitted 325 metric tons of carbon dioxide since he became Biden's special envoy for climate as he jets around the globe peddling climate paranoia and making empty pledges for clean energy.
Democrat Biden could have set an example and ordered his administration to stop their air travels and address all meetings via Zoom calls instead!!
If they really believed that the planet is in peril - and not only the planet, but the lives of Hunter's many children -then these sacrifices would have been worth it. Democrat Biden could have voted by mail!!
You can’t beat thermodynamics,
The only way to remove humidity from the air is to create a surface temperature differential to induce condensation.
Whether you use a a standard Peltier device aka a dehumidifier or a refrigerant cycle.
That’s the reality.
What if you could centrifuge the air, and sort it by molar mass? That's what we do to enrich uranium, with its gas form of UF6. If it can work to sort the U-235 from U-238, it should be able to sort the O2-32 and N2-28, from the H2O-18.
The oxygen would gather to the outside of the vortex, followed by the nitrogen, and the water vapor would buoy to the center.
The use of AC (or heatpumps cuz they are basically the same, but the latter can invert the energy transfer process) can be effective while maintaining a low impact om environment.
About the leakages, in the Netherlands only authorized mechanics can install split units, and people should be mo aware of the necessity of maintenance.
About energy consumption, a couple of things play here: energy source and reducing the amount of heat of cooling needed.
Energy source, europe shoot themselves right in the foot by making nuclear energy production a taboo that should be extinguished. Is clear that wind and sun cannot carry the full load.
European houses are older, and less maintained that American ones, a huge investment will have to be made to insulate those houses in order to have a heat pump running efficiently.
Why would you separate temp control from humidity control? Whole point is to have both
We live in the tropics. We are now 6 degrees hotter than before a/c. Heat islands.
its better to acclimatise to the seasons
A Heat pump during summary time IS an air conditioner... WTF are these "experts" talking about?
Yeah, I was confused when he said that we need to look for more innovative technologies instead of air conditioning when a heat pump is just an air conditioner
Really enjoyed the narrator’s voice
yeah he valid
I thought they are all switching to heat pump? I mean get the defense production act or equivalent to build heat pump for everyone
In a country like France were most of the energy is clean (mostly from nuclear power plants), air conditionning wouldn't have a big environmental impact. The reason why many people don't have it is that they live in old buildings with strict urbanism rules.
Well said and it's refreshing when people talk like you did.
Execpt their nuclear power plants are old and had to get taken out or at least reduced production because they had issues with their safety and/or the cooling (rivers had very low level due to the heat). France imported a lot of Energy this summer (big part was German solar energy) and still does (thats an reason why Germany has to use Gas power plants despite their overall effort to save Gas because of the Ukraine war).
France wasnt this year and wont be for many years to be able to produce enough energy for themselve.
@@adrianbuck8772 We did because of the sabotage of the higher up at EDF, there was a corrosion issue which was discovered years after and they shut down half of the reactor for "safety" the issue was there for years and there was no proof that it had an immediate impact on safety so it should have been delayed to the plurianual inspection for each reactor.
As for them being old, nuclear reactor are not yogurt, they don't have an expiration date, the American nuclear autority just validated that nuclear power plant can have their lifespan extended to 80 years or more, french plant should be able to do the same as long as they answer the security standards of the ASN.
Also we are building a new nuclear power plant and have plans to build at least 6 EPR2 in the coming years.
@@uwu_senpai How long does it take to actually build new ones?
Like 20 years? The one in Flamanville started to get build in 2007,should have been finished in 2012 now the Start is planned for 2023.
Given that on September 15 2022 27 out of the 56 didnt produce anything you have to be very optimistic to say that there isnt an Problem.
@@uwu_senpai Offcourse you can extend the lifespan. Just depends about the risks you are willing to take/safety Standards and how much are you willing to invest into it to keep it safe.
Every home and business should install a rain water collection and storage system along with solar panels.
Even in areas where rain is infrequent it is crazy to waste the little rain that does fall and waste it.
We need to stop planting green lawns and switch to local native plantings around homes.
It is crazy to plant lawns and build golf courses in dry desert areas. We waste too much water and electricity.
Solar energy is FREE once installed and can be produced locally.
Solar energy sucks and the majority of people that have solar panels on their roof are not functional.
@@kypertrax High gas prices will make you wish you had FREE energy from the SUN or WIND. Once installed your energy is FREE for 20 or 30 years. You don't have to be a greenie to want to save money and be comfortable in your home.
Another disadvantage if mass scale air-conditioning is the local heat build ups.the sun heat is evenly distributed under normal circumstances ,absorbed by earth,water ,vegetation etc and after sun set the same applies in reverse. All heat is gradually released back to atmosphere. But mass scale air-conditioning disrupts this natural heat intake and release cycle by forced released of heat at the wrong times. Further ,the vertical living,excessive use of glass contributes to it. Just consider a sky scraper 100 ft high,with 100 ft length and 50 ft width now the total volume of this building would be 100x100x50,=500000 cb ft. The higher we go ,and more gets the total volume.excessive use of glass adds to more heat up take during peak summers,and loss during winters. This results into forced temp control ,requiring huge energy .also heat released by this structure and countless like it in a big city adds further to increase its temp as that much heat gets trapped unless there is a constant wind to evenly distribute it. Imagine cities like new York,London,Paris,etc with huge and expanding vertical living impact on temp rise with in those cities . Carbon and heat emissions by thousands of vehicles make it bad to worst .
sure it was hot at the beginning, but 2nd half was constant rain hahaha
In Serbia roughly three quarters of appartments have AC units. Electricity is dirt cheap, a lot of people use AC as the main source of heating during winter.
Well the UK they cheap out on runways and don’t build using concrete. Heat pumps you get more heat transfer than the energy you put in. Eventually they will ban primary natural gas heat and heat pumps will be required for heat and hot water. Guessing this ban will impact US and EU/UK.
Fr like az runways don't melt
the Us wount put up with heat pumps or a nat gas ban there 8is a good reason why the Us had 7/4/1776
@@dknowles60 I guess I’m just a idiot, and just see how things are stacking up. I think natural gas is clean but the crazy people want to control everything. Eventually we will only be able to rent cars.
"It's a big cause of carbon emissions".
Kind of short sighted, without discussing the other side.
It doesn't have to be though. Consider the dutch situation: you will run your AC for a few weeks a year, which indeed causes carbon emissons. On the other hand: these tend to be really sunny days, in which solar panels output so much that some local elektricity grids get overloaded. Running an AC on these days is both clean, and beneficial for the electricity grid.
After that you get autumn: no AC needed.
After autumn winter rolls in, and suddenly that AC becomes a heater that is way more efficient than gas heaters. And you'll not run it for a couple of weeks, but for 4 - 8 months, depending on your type of house and how cold the winter gets.
What do you recon is the sum of carbon emitted in the summer minus carbon saved in the winter?
less than 10% have AC.. I've never seen one home with AC before other than shops/offices
Lol....its minus 40 in Canada where I live and we all still have AC units in summer
As someone from europe myself, how much does an installation of an ac unit cost in the US? I recently looked for a cost effective solution but basic installation is about 1200€. (Not including actual ac-unit)
A mini split is anywhere from $400-$1600 for parts, depending on BTUs and number of rooms.
@@spacetoast7783 Thanks for the swift reply! I would have needed to be more precise! I was talking of just the installation alone (not including the actual ac-unit)
@@maximilian_k.2453 No idea then, sorry. I didn't read your comment carefully.
@@maximilian_k.2453 Probably 2-5k install
Installing a split unit yourself is not rocket science at all.
Basically just need to drill a hole in your wall put a insulated tube, pass the cables and hoses, connect them.seal everything with expansion foam and you are done.
if apartments dont allow air conditioners because they pose a fall hazard to the sidewalks and are ugly detracting from the curb appeal then will they allow tower air conditioners where there is hose that goes in the window?.
if the uk swelters then why doesnt canada swelter all the way to hudson bay because they are in the same latitude as pennsylvania at the southern border?
catch 22 and catch 410a and catch 32
On windows, which open like a door, something like a window A/C cannot be installed at all. And that's the case in 95% of Europa.
You have to drill a huge whole in the wall (3inch wide or so) to install a split-device; engine outside, fan inside.
If that guy is so concerned with Climate change why doesn’t he give he products away for free??? Life is wild.
Is this your answer to everything, comrade? Everybody should just give you free stuff?
They should use Carrier aircon. It is so durable
I think the UK is going to shift to air conditioning/heat pumps for heating and cooling. As air conditioning can heat and cool but just works in reverse. The reason for this is CO2 emissions as we shift from gas for heating, to renewable electric.
I live in and am from Florida and can do just fine without AC but my electronics on the other hand-they wouldn’t do too well.
bro 100⁰ isn't that bad lol we had 112⁰ last year in my state and we get multiple 100⁰ days and nobody freaks out, its actually a good thing people want it to break record temps
They reported temperatures in Celsius. Why do you have to convert it ffs
How is no one talking about the winter that Europe is going to have with no power:(
There will still be power this winter. Only more expensive.
@@jimbuskist3190 Sadly, there are no gasification facilities with that sort of capacity in areas that have been using piped gas.
Democrat Biden, while launching his $2,300,000,000.00 plan to assist the construction of "sustainable" infrastructure, called climate change "literally an existential threat to our nation and to the world." He also claimed that "the health of our citizens and our communities is at stake."
During his visit to Florida, following Hurricane Ian, democrat Biden claimed that the hurricane had "ended" the debate on climate change. On Thursday, Biden declared that radical changes are required to "literally save the planet" from climate change. The Biden administration is even seeking to phase out gas-powered cars and block all oil and gas drilling on federal lands.
So do his actions match his words? Obviously not. He is a democrat.
The Daily Caller reported that on Friday, a day after his alarmist speech, democrat Biden burned 3,866 lbs of jet fuel to fly 72 miles aboard Air Force One to deliver a speech in Maryland.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency's emissions calculator, Air Force One produced CO2 emissions equivalent to driving 13,678 miles in an average gasoline-powered passenger vehicle.
Fox News reported in September that democrat Biden flew Air Force One to Delaware solely to vote in a democrat primary, emitting roughly 16,641 lbs of CO2 emissions. The average cost of travel for democrat Biden is roughly $2,614 per minute.
John Kerry's private jet emitted 325 metric tons of carbon dioxide since he became Biden's special envoy for climate as he jets around the globe peddling climate paranoia and making empty pledges for clean energy.
Democrat Biden could have set an example and ordered his administration to stop their air travels and address all meetings via Zoom calls instead!!
If they really believed that the planet is in peril - and not only the planet, but the lives of Hunter's many children -then these sacrifices would have been worth it. Democrat Biden could have voted by mail!!
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But is it hotter than countries located near the equator, like Hong Kong, The Philippines and Singapore?
HK summer isn’t that hot; northern China plain is actually hotter. It’s a matter of climate, not proximity to equator, tho it is indeed a contributing factor.
Norway actually have higer temperature records than some countries on the equator.
I wonder if an atmospheric water generator could act as the separate dehumidifier?
Europe is so hot now that it will probably colonize itself now. 😂
Dear CNBC, you have a pretty significant International audience here. So, please include metric units alongside imperial ones.
Agreed. I am in America but I see most of the comments are European. Common courtesy dictates I use Celsius with a Fahrenheit equivalent afterward in my comments.
Those aren‘t imperial units and this channel isn‘t meant for an international audience (they have a separate channel for that). Also, converter apps and sites are a thing.
@@VieleGuteFahrer
Funny when you see that the video is about Europe!
What is meant for whom, is better decided by the composition of viewers and NOT by the creators.
Europe is so ahead compared to North America in so many areas. Odd that they are hung up on something as simple as air conditioning.
It's crazy how hard we are resisting ac but more people die of heatstroke in europe a year than people do gun voilance in America.
While discussing the most suitable air-con unit attention should also be directed to power generation, especially the spare margin. Right now air-con is not standard in many household but in just several years it could be. On a hot day one can expect all the air-con unit will be switched on pretty much all at the same time, which would result in a "kettle spike" in power terms. In which case can power generation and grid system cope with the intense demand? If you look at countries like Japan, S. Korea, China, Taiwan, one can find many examples of power shortage and supply failure potentially caused by every household switches on the air-con when it get hot.
AC is increasing in India thank god! so much heat Love the AC 😍 more than fan.
That’s actually really good news. Even as someone in the US, knowing India’s climate, I’m happy to hear this
@@metrofilmer8894 yeah 👍🏻
Welcome to the civilized world. Enjoy.
@@Deadassbruhfrfr so Americans talking about civilization. I mean India have indus vally civilization. One of Oldest civilization. Those who don't know thier own history are talking about Indian history.
@@ayazahmed9489 very cool! Thank you for sharing.
I live in Europe in the center of a big city surrounded by a lot of concrete. This summer was really bad but I simply decided to walk around shirtless and in shorts all day long. It‘s really comfortable and makes the heat a lot more bearable. You don‘t need AC, you just need to undress!
Meanwhile there is me living in the humid southeast US turning off my Ac and opening up all the windows. Everyone here calls me weird for wanting to enjoy the air.
I will be honest sleeping without AC sounds like pain.
But loads of people in Hawaii can manage it.
And I find it so weird how so many parts of the world were so hot. We had a fairly normal summer here by our standards. Well it felt normal at least nobody was complaining couldn't give you any stats.
@@kypertrax Been there twice it was pretty hot. Gotta disagree with you based on experience.
I don't understand - ductless mini splits are exceptionally efficient when cooling. But efficiency peaks when they slow their compressors when the setpoint has been reached. If it's 44C outside they are running at max.
Are you saying that in order to dehumidify more - people are setting them too colder temps?
If it's 44C outside they are likely running on max anyways.
Yeah, I am also not understanding the whole dehumidifying problem.
@@Simon-dm8zv Mini splits and any other AC with a variable speed compressor do not dehumidify as well as a traditional AC because the evaporator isn't getting as cold. So, maybe that is what they are talking about?
It is a tough video to understand because they pretty much bleached out any technical details.
@@MyGoogleRUclips I see, that could be a possibility.
Yes, I also miss the technical side of the story.
Advertising displays being turned off is gloomy? What kind of corporate dystopia overlord would come to that conclusion?
Humans could live for several thousand of years happily without heatpumps and air conditioning. First as we began to ignore nature and the experience of our ancestors in the name of profit we created problems which we are trying to correct with another problems.
One example that you know what I mean. My neighbour has a house with a colonnade which was designed with a purpose in mind. In summer when the sun is high the colonnade will cast a shadow and windows don't get sunlight. So the rooms are staying cool. In winter when the sun is low the sun shines through the windows and warms the rooms.
Last year my neighbour closed the collonade and put in pretty airtight windows. Now in summer the sun shines directly into the new rooms. He complains that the rooms are now as hot as an oven and installed air conditioning. Now he complains about the electric bills of the air conditioning.
I think you will get the point now that we self are creating problems if we ignore nature.
Interesting that this is a concern in a temperate climate.
Human for all its history survived without ac. Then can now. I live in a nation where temp swing between 0°C to 50°C. And haven't used ac much ( aside from hot humid summer Nights ).
No one in this report talks about heat exchange, it's the most environmental logical, you cool your home while heating water in your water tank for showers, laundry and dishes! Also when A/C is running it dehimidifies creating water.. that water could be used to water plants, water fields, flush toilets.
We have used dual fuel heat pumps in the US for twenty years.
Heat pumps don't burn fuel at all, let alone two types of it.
If it gets below the balance point, a good old gas furnace is a beautiful thing.
why does is seem like nothing ever happens in Wisconsin. We get big thunderstorms and wind storms some times but nothing like this.
Because you live in the Garden of Eden. Seriously, the American Midwest/Lakes region is one of the best environments for farming, livestock, and general living. The Native Americans had massive mound cities all over the country that essentially disappeared once smallpox hit, something like 90% death rates. The nomadic tribal society was relatively recent once we ventured out west. It was essentially mad max for them.
Heat pumps have dramatically improved in efficiency the past few years. Now is a good time for Europe to start adopting them, especially as mini splits, which are easier to install on older buildings and more efficient than central air units. Using a mini split for heating I believe would actually _slow down_ the rate of global warming, since modern ones often have a 4:1 ratio of how much heat is produced per watt, and, they _transfer_ heat. Meaning, they make the surrounding air colder while using a fraction of the power needed to perform their work. Contrast this to a furnace, which only produce heat and still consume a lot of electricity.
Exactly sir. Well explained.
Efficient wall mounted splits and other forms of inverter heat pumps have been available for over 15 years. Still, better late than never.
Start adopting them? Europe have been developing, making and using them for decades...
@@Gastell0 not in homes...
@@Toastmaster_5000 Erm? Yes we do. The south of Europe has been using them for decades, the north has started adopting them 10 years ago. Our entire street has at least 1 AC unit per house, often multiple and I'm in the Netherlands...
They complain that's it's too hot. They also complain about using AC?
Climate change or not, there's no reason to have people in boiling heat without air conditioning. We know those elites over there aren't going to tolerate the heat, but will shame the plebs for using AC.
Yes. Is that confusing to you?
Welcome to summer, Europe. Have fun.
i offset my AC use by riding a bicyle for all things under 10km from my home. The last 2 years I've driven my car only twice. Lucky for me i live in a city where everything essential and work is under 4km from my home.
i open air dry my clothes and swapped out 40kwh/month standing fans with 10kwh/month ceiling fans added a 2nd layer of wall and floor insulation to all rooms.
I've also been reusing the same canvas grodery/shoppint bags for 8 years, always declining paper and plastic bags.
What are the millionaires and billionaires, profiting off consumerism done?
Passive solar radiation to improve cooling efficiency?
Yeah, just throw some money on new development of air con. There must be a way to bring down the energy need required. I'm sure air con is more efficient than in the 80's, and there must be the possibility of a breakthrough on compression, chilling agents etc., I admit I'm just sitting here from the armchair.
Here's the easiest one for ya good better insulation then we use now cool or warm the home 4 to 5 times a day not 15 to 20 times a day like we do now.
Honestly London is not that hot outdoors, it’s the buildings that all built to trap the heat inside and reduce air flow that make it unbearable.
I live in a brownstone (a type of town or row house) in New York City and spent a small fortune installing central AC on all floors 10 years ago (previously we had window units). I also have a house in Florida which is large enough to require three central AC units to cool/heat different zones of the house due to the spread-out layout. Area-wise both properties are similar, about 4,000 square feet of indoor space, yet during hot summers my cooling bill for the New York house is more than twice that of Florida. The principal reason is the kilowatt-per-hour cost of power, which for me in NYC is about 18 cents, versus 9 cents in Florida, not to mention taxes and other fees which in New York are just too high.
In NY the power is generated from a combination of fossil fuels, solar, and wind, which is okay but expensive, and it has emissions. In FL all my power is generated by a nuclear plant, which has been in place for decades, is way more clean and efficient, and has zero emissions. I'm still trying to figure out why more areas of the USA don't go nuclear if everybody is so worried about emissions and "global warming", but go figure! IMO nuclear would be the best solution for Europe to break their dependence on Russian oil and gas.
In the UK we had 2 very hot days and the UK media went mental.
😂
Europe also have largest percentage of energy efficient housing when compared to US, so we don't need to use as much energy to heat and cool houses and offices
Buy a portable air conditioner. You can wheel it in and out of rooms as you please.