Portable split air conditioner for self-assembly is sold out almost everywhere; live status updates show remaining units. Profiteers are exploiting the weather.
I mean poorer areas won’t be able to afford ACs except the richer folks.
Additionally, hotter areas have dwellings that are made to combat heat. But in European areas, the dwellings were made with thick walls to keep heat in during the winter.
So now many walls have become heat saturated and it’s hard to cool them down.
This heat wave is 10-15 degrees warmer than average and quite quickly moved through the area.
Demand outstrips supply
That part is clear, but there are much poorer countries in hotter areas without such problems.
I mean poorer areas won’t be able to afford ACs except the richer folks.
Additionally, hotter areas have dwellings that are made to combat heat. But in European areas, the dwellings were made with thick walls to keep heat in during the winter.
So now many walls have become heat saturated and it’s hard to cool them down.
This heat wave is 10-15 degrees warmer than average and quite quickly moved through the area.