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Re:Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity by bewareofscams on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:19AM (#49463569)
>Many homes could get by on ceiling fans

Tell me you're German without telling me you're German

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Re:Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity by elil17 on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:25AM (#49463667)
I'm from the US, although I live in Europe.

Most Germans don't own ceiling fans, which is the problem.

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Re:Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity by Arodex on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:28AM (#49463716)
Ceiling fans are extremely efficient, and they also improve enormously the efficiency of AC - by reducing by several degrees the amount of cooling to reach a comfortable level.

Ceiling fans should be installed before any AC.

If you are not convinced, there is a one-hour video by Technology Connections on YouTube that will argue the point more in-depth that anything I could write here.

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Re:Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity by bewareofscams on Thursday August 27, 2026 @08:52AM (#49464058)
I'll check it out
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