“Dear American journalists and social media ‘influencers’: for days, some of you have been criticizing and making fun of Paris because the city does not have A/C in every room … OMG, this is so rich!” Pulvar wrote on social media.France has long been resistant to air conditioning, with only 25% of households in the country equipped with such cooling units.
“As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing. Your cities, which are 90 percent air conditioned, are not unrelated to this,” she added.
“So please, enough with the lecture. Just start doing your part,” the post concluded.
The reticence to install AC has been attributed to concerns over the
- environment,
- the culture, and
- strict building codes — but the tides have begun changing as summers get hotter and hotter...
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