Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning

Re:Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat war... by inigyou on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @12:28AM (#48655124)

I wonder what the global temperature rise would be right now if everyone in Europe had air conditioning since it was invented. Probably about half a degree hotter - so about two degrees total warming?

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Re:Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat war... by tonfa on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @01:08AM (#48655415)

Depends on the countries, France has had low carbon electricity for a very long time.

That said F-gases would have been an issue, EU only recently banned them.

Also most of Europe truly didn't need AC for a long time, growing up temperature above 30C was exceptional and I didn't even know the term tropical night (nighttime temperature above 20C).

(Now that places are getting 10+ consecutive days above 30 with peaks close or above 40)

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