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I don't understand the push back and all of the excuses about this. Europe's heat waves are deadlier than American gun violence [1]

[1] https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/europe-heat-wave...

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Well, yes. How does it make window units feasible though? I used to rent an old house in California, it had central air but also wrapped wooden windows with single pane glass. I ran A/C whole day in the summer and could only get 10F (80F inside with 90F outside), which was a relief but far from ideal. A window unit with an open window, covered in cloth is not going to save you from heat IMHO.

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