England cutting back air conditioning during heat wave

[Seeker of Truth]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/an...r-AA26x3nA
The English government telling people they can't use their air con during a massive heat wave is a bit much. At the very least they could set a temperature for when it could be turned on/off. Sounds like it's going to be a long summer across the pond!

[andy06shake]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/an...r-AA26x3nA
The English government telling people they can't use their air con during a massive heat wave is a bit much. At the very least they could set a temperature for when it could be turned on/off. Sounds like it's going to be a long summer across the pond!

How are they going to enforce that sort of ban?

As to a proper Brexit? 



Aside for a very specific few, Brexit has been nothing more than a complete and utter shit-show since day one.

[Oldcarpy2]

No one is being ordered to rip out their AC.

[ArMaP]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/an...r-AA26x3nA
The English government telling people they can't use their air con during a massive heat wave is a bit much. At the very least they could set a temperature for when it could be turned on/off. Sounds like it's going to be a long summer across the pond!

After reading the article, I have this to say:
1 - It's not the government that is telling people "they can't use air con";
2 - It appears that the building regulations promote passive cooling, they do not force it;
3 - The article has several "reportedly", "suggest" and "allegedly";
4 - The original source appears to be behind a paywall.

So, it looks like this is just one of those "wishful thinking news", when those publishing it wanted it to be true, even if they think it's not.

PS: air conditioning in large cities is really a problem, as all the hot air extracted from the houses is sent to the streets, increasing the temperature in what are already "heat islands", as cities tend to keep hot temperatures longer than smaller villages.

[andy06shake]

After reading the article, I have this to say:
1 - It's not the government that is telling people "they can't use air con";
2 - It appears that the building regulations promote passive cooling, they do not force it;
3 - The article has several "reportedly", "suggest" and "allegedly";
4 - The original source appears to be behind a paywall.

So, it looks like this is just one of those "wishful thinking news", when those publishing it wanted it to be true, even if they think it's not.

PS: air conditioning in large cities is really a problem, as all the hot air extracted from the houses is sent to the streets, increasing the temperature in what are already "heat islands", as cities tend to keep hot temperatures longer than smaller villages.

The article looks like the sort of tall tale GB News would attempt to spoon-feed its audience at the end of a long, hot day...

[Oldcarpy2]

After reading the article, I have this to say:
1 - It's not the government that is telling people "they can't use air con";
2 - It appears that the building regulations promote passive cooling, they do not force it;
3 - The article has several "reportedly", "suggest" and "allegedly";
4 - The original source appears to be behind a paywall.

So, it looks like this is just one of those "wishful thinking news", when those publishing it wanted it to be true, even if they think it's not.

PS: air conditioning in large cities is really a problem, as all the hot air extracted from the houses is sent to the streets, increasing the temperature in what are already "heat islands", as cities tend to keep hot temperatures longer than smaller villages.

Spot on.

[BeyondKnowledge]

Spot on.

And what is your position on data centers heating up their surrounding areas? They are much worse than air conditioners. 

Global warming did not go as planned so now they make data centers to fix it.

[putnam6]

https://x.com/Saffron_Sniper1/status/207...41885?s=20

[ArMaP]

And what is your position on data centers heating up their surrounding areas? They are much worse than air conditioners. 

Data centres are not inside cities, so they do not affect the heat island effect.

But they sure create their own heat islands.

[putnam6]

This feels like it's over reactionary however, Germany doesn't have a lot of homes with AC

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Translated from Spanish
Historic failure of the European environmentalist social democratic model in Germany.

In the last 15 years they shut down all nuclear power plants, discontinued the use of coal, and went all in on windmills and solar panels.

The model failed spectacularly, and after nearly two decades of "green" investments, they still fell far short of meeting electricity demand. They had to start importing cheap gas from Russia, but that mess lasted until 2022 when the war broke out and Russia stopped selling to them.

Now a heat wave hit them and there's no energy for all Germans to turn on their air conditioning. So the government is deploying water trucks and asking people to go out into the street to get wet instead of turning on their ACs to avoid massive blackouts.

What madness, what madness!
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1:00 PM · Jun 28, 2026
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