Igenlode Wordsmith

Air conditioning isn't normal in English homes, and these buildings are well over a hundred years old.

In any case it's a fairly anti-social solution, since an air-conditioning unit, like a refrigerator, inevitably increases the total amount of heat in its vicinity. So the interior of your building becomes cooler, and the exterior of your neighbourhood becomes hotter for everyone else...

Multiply that up across an entire city, and you not only consume a large amount of power but create a localised heat bubble. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/02/climate/europe-air-conditioning-heat-wave-intl-latam