When i was in Europe, I had a roommate and they wouldn’t let me heat the room to more than 20 degrees. To understand Europe you must understand that using less energy and being conservative with spending is considered a virtue.

It’s not that the government is denying people AC. The citizens themselves are culturally and morally against AC. It’s almost as if you he has to endure the suffering caused by climate change, as if it vindicates the climate change ideology itself.

What’s annoying is that the same people have no problem going for weekly vacations to south of France.

To put it mildly: the reasons why I consider leaving the continent for good are growing and counting - not over decades, but rapidly over years and month.

A/C is one reason. I bought one for my condo two years ago after experiencing 35+ degrees Celsius over weeks one or two years ago.

It was the single best decision ever, it is increasing quality of life massively. It cost me roughly 2000EUR - an investment, not a hefty sum.

I feel no difference in sleepiness, mood etc. at during summers where nights show 25+ degrees.

3 month per year for 2 years and counting means such a bargain for me given this summer. Imagine moving to a hotel for 3 month with A/C - 6-9 month at a day rate of around 200EUR. Now put that into perspective with the 2k investment.

Energy costs surprised me extremely. I expected to have to pay adional 200-300EUR as a result of its usage during summer month.

And I was stunned to be reunded 6EUR instead. So it seems to save energy magically, too. ;)

PS: I rarely join any events during summer given the fact that an event with 1k to 20+k guests would not be considered heat sinks. Today a friend of mine goes to an Open Air concert which starts at 18:00. I wished her well, since the heat indicators shows 37 degrees there. I have to bite my tongue to call it a nutjob. In the Italy for example, understandably since decades Open Air events start around or after 21:00. Maybe is has to do with the sun.

There are lies, damned lies, and statistics

A probable answer is that the data are incomplete or dubious.

For Europe the graphs provided suggest around 120.000 killed

For Asia the graphs provided suggest around 240.000 killed, but the majority of deaths by heat aren't even recorded in India and 380 millions of Hindi are in big trouble now apparently [1]. There are estimates of 30.000 people being killed in five days of May 2026 in the biggest Indian cities.

And Africa does not even appear

[1] "Aljazeera. India is being left to die in the heat. Modi has denied climate change for years. Now, as the death toll climbs uncounted, his government offers branding instead of protection" https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/5/22/india-is-being-...

I hate going to our European offices over summer. It’s 2026 and their concept of climate control is opening the windows or maybe finding a fan somewhere and turning it on. That doesn’t work so well when it’s 40C outside.

I wonder when they will join the rest of us in the future.