Re:Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)
by BeetleB on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @12:06PM
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> You are blocked because as a renter you don't have the power to.
And his point is that in most apartments in the US, you are not blocked because you're a renter.
Re:Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)
by mrguyorama on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @12:38PM
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>you are not blocked because you're a renter.
You are wrong. Nothing in the US stops a landlord from preventing you from installing an AC and plenty do, for any reason they want.
My previous US apartment banned window mount air conditioners. I was stuck with a "mobile" AC unit that could barely handle a little humidity. Even someone in a "Historic" property in Europe that isn't allowed to touch anything would have that option as well.
Re:Top researchers leave USA for the Netherlands (in Dutch)
by BeetleB on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @12:54PM
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> You are wrong. Nothing in the US stops a landlord from preventing you from installing an AC and plenty do, for any reason they want.
In my state, they cannot. I legally have the right to install a window AC unit as long as I'm not doing any damage or violating a safety guideline.
My point is that we are not in an AC crisis, we just need to change the laws so that owners are forced to provide, however they want, summer comfort in the same way they must provide winter comfort.
Unlike energy autonomy, green transition, or defense issues, the "AC issue" is actually easy to tackle for governments and I'm betting it will happen pretty soon because that's an easy win that costs nothing to governments and governments loves popular measures that cost nothing and and give them the good role.