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[igenlode]

It's midnight, and the temperature indoors is still 82F with all the windows (including the French windows) open and a through draught :-(
I'm literally walking around in vest and pants because it's too hot to wear anything else. The shirt I was wearing together is filthy and ripped under both arms; I have just been scrubbing my socks with soap where the colour from the shoe-leather has stained them apparently permanently after a day of sweating into them. They have settled down to a sort of grey with blue splotches.

Comments

[igenlode]

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

[paserbyp]

Air conditioning isn't normal in English homes

Unfortunately due to climate changes we don’t have a choice. I learned it 8 years ago(during Covid isolation) when I bought my first portable AC, because surviving with 90F without AC just impossible.

[igenlode]

I've been working all day in 92F -- but with access to running water, so I was periodically soaking my head and neck, which felt beautifully cool for a few minutes...

[paserbyp]

It’s temporary workaround just for minutes and you need permanent solution, with portable reliable AC, which is very important, don’t increase dramatically your electric bill.