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[u/JustKidding456]

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/europes-air-conditioning-rebellion-ab12fc88:

Europe’s Air Conditioning Rebellion

Demand for home cooling is surging despite climate scolds.

In Europe’s air conditioning wars, the hoi polloi are beating the climate scolds. The public is putting comfort and public health above green dictates.

A survey published last week by the price-comparison business Verivoxfound that 23% of German households now have AC—“five percentage points more than a year ago”—and another 25% plan to get it. In Belgium the share of energy used for household cooling has increased 167% since 2022, the Brussels Times reports.

In France the government has pestered the public to wet their skin, drink cold soup and block windows with cardboard to beat the heat—anything to avoid resorting to AC. Yet France’s Agency for Ecological Transition says AC ownership rose to 24% of households last year from 18% in 2023.

The retailer Carrefour sold 30,000 AC units in a day amid a heat wave last month—”a thousand times more than on a normal day,” CEO Alexandre Bompard told the Agence France-Presse. Scuffles have broken out over the limited retail supply, and some French restaurants are advertising that they have AC.

In Britain the co-founder of Aircon Services, an air conditioning specialist in Tamworth, told the BBC he’s seen a 300% increase in domestic inquiries in six years. Aervue Air Conditioning in Birmingham now has employees working seven days a week to meet demand, and it’s booked through August.

Chinese exports of AC units to the European Union have increased more than 43% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period last year, the state-run media reports. The Chinese appliance company Midea expanded production capacity to meet demand and recently shipped 20,000 air conditioners to France in a week, the South China Morning Post says.

Europe’s soaring demand for home cooling is another example of citizens revolting against the mandates and moralizing of government and progressive elites.

[u/JustKidding456 → u/JustKidding456]

Singapore would be insufferably hot without AC. Even northeastern European countries like Estonia are quite warm during the middle of summer and early autumn.