Olympic village will no AC in Paris

To be fair, my hostel room was sweltering at night last June when I went through Paris, even though it was cool and pleasant in the morning.

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The Enslaved Native Americans Who Made The Gold Rush Possible | HISTORY

Native Californians were treated abominably in the area where gold was first discovered.

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How Blacks Built America: Labor, Culture, Freedom, and Democracy

How Blacks Built America examines the many positive and dramatic contributions made by African Americans to this country over its long history. Almost all public and scholarly discussion of African Americans accenting their d...

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Always find it odd when Europeans brag about not having AC. You’re just bragging about killing your grandparents in completely avoidable deaths.

Heat related deaths in 2022:

USA: ~2,000

Europe: ~70,000

Not a great look for the self-proclaimed most civilized and advanced continent.

I believe it was recently shown that Germans work like 33 hours/week on average. Most Europeans work low-mid 30's.

First, that's great. Good for them. Probably live longer and be happier. Which is the ENTIRE POINT OF LIFE.

But, you're lazy compared to Americans. I didn't say Americans were smarter or better. But Americans are harder working no doubt. Maybe if Europeans worked a full day or a full week they'd feel a little different about sleeping.

It was 78 deg in my room last night. During sleep, I wore 2 layers where the outer layers were a long sleeve shirt and light sweatpants. I was comfy as can be.

Agreed. 45 hours is a baseline work week for me as an American, and I frequently work well into the 50s. I also run 50 miles per week, so getting a restful 8 hours is essential to function on a day-to-day basis. Not to mention, Europeans pretty universally get 6 weeks of vacation (and some even 8!). I get 4 weeks because I have good benefits, but most Americans get 2-3 weeks, and it's not like I can even take my 4 weeks because I am still responsible for getting my work done and hitting deadlines since the deadlines don't move even if you take vacation. I do appreciate the European way-of-life, but there are some things about them that rub me the wrong way as an American (work ethic and royals).

This whole "United States is one of the worst polluters in the world" thing really gets on my nerves. Yes, I know we did not sign onto the stupid Paris Climate Accords, but have you actually bothered to look at any numbers? Over the last 15 years, the US has reduced our carbon emissions by 879 million metric tons, which is the most in the world by a lot. The UK scores pretty well on a per capita basis with a reduction of 234 million metric tons. France, who talks a big game, has only reduced their CO2 emissions by 104 million metric tons. So I don't want to hear this crap about air conditioning causing carbon emissions. Europe may talk a big game, but America actually gets things done.

You know who produces all of the CO2? Developing nations that have never heard of air conditioning.

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Why The U.S. Leads The World In Reducing Carbon Emissions

Robert Rapier

The U.S. leads the world in reducing carbon emissions over the past 15 years. It also leads the world in growing energy production. Here's why those two things are related.

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As an American myself, I don't really understand the expectation of keeping the indoors freezing cold in the summer and blistering hot in the winter. I'd rather be a little warm than sit in dry AC air all day and have to wear a jacket at work even though it's 80+ degrees outside.

I'm the opposite of you. I like the house cold all year round. You can always put on more clothes and blankets. I'll let the temperature in the house drop to 65 in the winter. Keep it at 70 in the summer as I do care a little bit about energy expenditure (I would prefer it at 67-68).