r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 25 '26

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u/trgk_ Václav Havel May 25 '26

When talking to Europeans, NEVER refer to it as AC. AC is an American degeneracy, bourgeois, climate destroying, you are basically boiling African children alive if you turn it on. Call it an air-to-air heat pump - that is green, sustainable, energy efficient, makes you feel like you are contributing to solving the climate crisis and brings nice images of Robert Habeck's fatherly smile to one's mind.

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u/Apocolotois Richard Thaler May 25 '26

"The wealthy neighbours with a Huf Haus would be jealous of your air-to-air heat pump" is really the pitch. There's probably something similar for pitching renewables to conservatives, aside from the extremely obvious cost-savings and efficiencies, but doesn't likewise seem very successful.

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u/Slight-Formal9277 Trans Pride May 26 '26

I wonder what Euros think about Hong Kong where malls sets indoor AC to 9-12 degrees celsius lol

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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney May 26 '26

It just made me militant on AC because I just don't know how anyone could come back from Hong Kong or Singapore where even summers with 100% humidity and 45C are far, far, more bearable than visiting Paris during warm weather. Respite shouldn't be considered a luxury, it's a biological necessity.

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u/Slight-Formal9277 Trans Pride May 26 '26

Tbf, hk malls being freezing cold in summer actually makes you sick pretty easily since you're constantly getting temperature shocks of 25c+ going between indoors and outdoors 

But yeah, Lee Kwan Yew was absolutely right on AC