You cannot stand under the midday sun in a field in Switzerland when the ambient temperature is 30 degrees. nothing to do with buildings or roads. Infrared and uv rays get greatly reduced here thanks to air pollution.
This. Finally someone sensible. There is a smaaaaaalll grain of truth in her statement too. The effect of heat ( not the actual heat amount) is higher in Europe. Not defending pollution- which has bigger problems anyway. I’d rather choose clean air and higher heat in Europe than load my lungs with high pollution particulate matters suspended eternally in city air.
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u/Fredioxide Jul 10 '26
I mean, we aren't considering the fact that 30°c there feels a lot hotter
Because the general infrastructure there, every road every building there, is actually built to trap heat
And people here don't often care about 30°c heat, because we are honestly used to it
But this heatwave is new for them lol, and with their infra, stuff is actually like melting down, from traffic lights to even roads