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I'm wondering how long it takes until climate activists start advocating against it (because it would increase the use of AC and thus emissions/energy use, and decrease the amount of people suffering from the heat).
I think companies wouldn't want to let their employees get off free, so they will probably be the first ones to be against this.
Not sure why climate activists would want people to suffer. Everyone is still hot, doesn't matter if working or not
Of course companies will be against it.
Some because they think it'll make people more aware of the problem and create more pressure to act, others because they think suffering is a virtue, people deserve it for what they have done to earth, and similar nonsense positions.
I feel like you're just having imaginary arguments in your head with people who don't exist. This is a net win for everyone because it means less people suffering in extreme conditions and it also puts pressure on companies and people with money to slow climate change.
Maybe there's some weird people out there who want others to suffer but I doubt that's anywhere near representative of climate activists.
Seen it far too often unfortunately.
And in some cities they got air conditioning banned or de-facto banned (made so expensive with additional hurdles that it's unaffordable for most, ironically often leading to people using extremely inefficient hose-out-the-window monobloc units that you can buy without asking anyone for permission).
That sounds pretty silly, the real changes need to come from the ways we generate our electricity, not how individuals use it. I'm mostly just surprised activists managed to affect policy at all, though. But still that sounds more misguided than malicious.
I'm all for improved passive cooling measures before we jump to using A/C.