Edit : parent has since edited his message to something else, my reply was to his original comment, comprised strictly of what I quoted.
Wow, you lack knowledge of the matter? I wonder what makes you think it's a money thing, because it's not.
Even brand new homes built today may not have any AC, or only AC in a few specific pieces, simply be cause of the need: you didn't need AC at any time of the year before, a very hot day meant 35 degrees Celsius.
The need now comes from climate change and heatwave being more common and hitting harder, year after year.
As for the actual comment : I don't think your understand the difference between the traditional heat in Singapore and the Mediterranean heat, those are at two very different point of the scale...
Sorry for the edit—my initial reaction was based on climate control being a pretty baseline American standard. It looks like the historical average for Paris is still in the high 70s in the summer, which is a few degrees lower than Boston. But even before recent heatwaves, 90% of households in Boston had air conditioning: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/06/20/science/boston-summer....
Edit : parent has since edited his message to something else, my reply was to his original comment, comprised strictly of what I quoted.
Wow, you lack knowledge of the matter? I wonder what makes you think it's a money thing, because it's not.
Even brand new homes built today may not have any AC, or only AC in a few specific pieces, simply be cause of the need: you didn't need AC at any time of the year before, a very hot day meant 35 degrees Celsius.
The need now comes from climate change and heatwave being more common and hitting harder, year after year.
As for the actual comment : I don't think your understand the difference between the traditional heat in Singapore and the Mediterranean heat, those are at two very different point of the scale...