Re:Summer heat killed nearly 1,500 in France, officials say
by deftnerd on Thursday September 12, 2019 @12:52PM
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Many areas around the world have storm shelters or bomb shelters.
Perhaps laws requiring community centers also function as temperature extreme shelters could be instated.
The laws would have to also provide funding to install and maintain AC and Heating systems suitable for the population around that area.
Additionally, if a business doesn't have AC or heating during extreme temperature alerts, it should close for the safety of the workers.
The question should be whether AC would be used much, but whether it has a net benefit. And yes, the environmental impact should be taken into account.
To me, that depends (a.o.) on whether those 1,500 excess deaths get ‘compensated’ by lower death rates just after the heat wave (which would mean many of those who died lost ‘only’ a few weeks)