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planet ishumans are really fuckedoh, my friend, i’m sad to say that this planet has been as fucked as a toddler at a republican invite-only soiree for a long time already u.u
Our fate was sealed since the 1960s.
The timeline branch where we avoided this was the one where Nixon was executed for treason. We are, unfortunately, obviously in one of the variations of the world where that did not happen.
(edit: i know he was only sworn in by 1969 and resigned in 1974 but the prerequisites for dragging his sick bastard carcass to justice were supposed to have been laid out in JFK’s second term. … Which also didn’t happen in the timeline where we have had the misfortune to find ourselves)
We get that here in Texas but we have air conditioning. It can get super dangerous super fast.
Oh hey Texas, how’s your power grid?
I hear that the US as a whole is going to be experiencing rolling blackouts and about 60million people will be effected. I doubt Texas will fair well during that time.
The power grid operators have been warning they can’t keep up with the demand data centers and rising temperatures are creating. But when have we ever listened to experts so of course we haven’t done anything to help the situation.
except you don’t actually “get it” as you keep voting against anyoe that hints at a solution
Either I’m misunderstanding their comment or you are. To me, “it” meant the temperature (40°C), which they very much do get. This is why they mentioned A/C, right?
Ditto Queensland. 40+ isn’t pleasant but there are well established ways to handle it here.
A home designed to insulate against Northern European winters turns into a death trap in sustained high temps like this.
That’s not how insulation works
Yes because modern Scandinavian homes have huge uncovered well insulated windows to allow the sun in as a free radiator during winter. I calculated my living room window to be somewhere between 3000W-5000W worth of radiation. Due to the high insulation this doesn’t dissipate during the night in a heatwave, so it doesn’t matter if the outside temp is 18°
Why? Because housing regulations dictated it. No one expected 2018 levels of heatwaves to be the new norm (except all the experts).
My old apartment reached temps of 35° measured at midnight for weeks in the 2018 heatwave despite the outdoor temp not rising much above 30°. Morning temps where around 28° with all windows open. If the morning baseline was lower the night temps might have been possible to sleep in but the insulation kept temps high throughout.
I’m Dutch and in a similar situation. There’s these stick-on sun screens with suction cups: https://huizedop.nl/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/novalux-zonwering-met-zuignappen.jpg
Works wonders, can be made to size, they’re relatively cheap. Hope it’ll help.
I live in a rental on 4th floor, unfortunately I can’t add anything to the outside of the windows… And putting anything on the inside risks trapping the heat in the glass and cracking it.
Great stuff.
Open all fucking windows during the night and close them and barrier them from the outside during the day.
Maybe read the last part. My current apartment is much better than my old one since I can actually create a wind tunnel, but even then it doesn’t lower it below 25°
And any apartment I’ve had didn’t allow for adding anything to the outside unfortunately. The apartments just weren’t designed for summer comfort.
Works perfectly when it’s still 35°c in the middle of the night 👍🏻
This is what I do, living likewise in a well insulated northern house that sees sustained high temps.
I’d gladly take my well insulated home during any heat wave over a poorly insulated one. Anyone who thinks less insulation is the solution is misunderstanding the problem.
It’s fine to be frustrated by high temps. It sucks. But insulation is a friend in your fight against high temps, not a foe. Use insulation to resist heat rise during the day and use heavy ventilation at night to exhaust and exchange for cooler air. The alternative is to have low insulation and accept indoor temps being constantly pinned to outdoor ambient which is a recipe for discomfort.
