{"id":23800,"date":"2026-07-05T05:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/from-heat-panic-to-sacrificed-at-the-altar-europes-air-conditioning-culture-wars-heat-up\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T05:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T03:37:15","slug":"from-heat-panic-to-sacrificed-at-the-altar-europes-air-conditioning-culture-wars-heat-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/05\/from-heat-panic-to-sacrificed-at-the-altar-europes-air-conditioning-culture-wars-heat-up\/","title":{"rendered":"From \u2018heat panic\u2019 to \u2018sacrificed at the altar\u2019: Europe\u2019s air conditioning culture wars heat up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cooling down has become political amid record highs, as experts say row is distracting from work of protecting lives<\/p>\n

As the afternoon heat rose to a dizzying 41.7C (107F) in eastern Brandenburg on Sunday, taking German temperatures to unprecedented highs, Mario, 65, took precautions but did not panic. Two years ago, a fierce heatwave had prompted him to buy a powerful device that few Germans own: an air conditioning unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe summers are slowly getting warmer,\u201d says the retired handyman in Neuzelle on the German-Polish border, whose bungalow is now among the 6% of German homes with fixed air-conditioning. \u201cAnd as you get older, the heat gets harder to endure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nCooling down has become political amid record highs, as experts say row is distracting from work of protecting lives
\nAs the afternoon heat rose to a dizzying 41.7C (107F) in eastern Brandenburg on Sunday, taking German temperatures to unprecedented highs, Mario, 65, took precautions but did not panic. Two years ago, a fierce heatwave had prompted him to buy a powerful device that few Germans own: an air conditioning unit.
\n\u201cThe summers are slowly getting warmer,\u201d says the retired handyman in Neuzelle on the German-Polish border, whose bungalow is now among the 6% of German homes with fixed air-conditioning. \u201cAnd as you get older, the heat gets harder to endure.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cooling down has become political amid record highs, as experts say row is distracting from work of protecting lives As the afternoon heat rose to a dizzying 41.7C (107F) in eastern Brandenburg on Sunday, taking German temperatures to unprecedented highs, Mario, 65, took precautions but did not panic. Two years ago, a fierce heatwave had …<\/p>\n

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