https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/01/us/michgan-schools-heat.html

  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I’m not saying it’s needed everywhere, I mean schools specifically. Schools should have top of the line HVAC systems along with a bunch of other stuff because they’re used as shelters in emergencies. You should put AC in your schools even when it normally doesn’t get above 70F in the summer so when a heat wave hits people have somewhere to go.

    Similarly schools in Florida should have heat systems with much greater capacity than has ever been needed

    But also many parts of the EU that “don’t need AC” absolutely do. I’m looking at you Italy, you have the same climate as Florida you’re just delusional. But even the UK gets a couple weeks of “heat wave” (summer) every year and the whole island whines like it’s never happened before and they could never have thought to prepare.

    • FemboyStalin [she/her,any]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah. But we don't have money for schools to have books, let alone top of the line ac units. Only money for the police.

    • SerLava [he/him]
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      Yeah I've been to Italy and it can feel like opening a boiling pot of water into your face for 12 hours at a time, and their solution is a fan, or if you're lucky it's some weird fucking AC that has like a quarter the power of a regular small window AC unit, and you can kind of stand under it and die slightly less quickly

    • kissinger
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