Comment Re:Wait, what? (Score 1) 43
More like AC is not needed because generally speaking Europe doesn't get that hot for most of its history. It can get cold, but, it rarely gets very hot.
Indeed, the southermost points of Europe like Spain are really only as far south as Northern California - most of Europe is to the north and thus it doesn't get very hot.
Indeed, air conditioning is needed in the US south, but no equivalent place really exists for Europe, for those latitudes are occupied by Africa and Middle East. And with the Mediterranean Sea helping moderate the southern temperatures means high temperatures in Europe are the exception, not the rule.
Even in North America the Pacific North West region traditionally has never needed air conditioning simply because heatwaves are rare and the region is very temperate. Even reaching the mid-80s during the peak of summer was something that happened for maybe a few days in the past.