Why Is Europe So Ill-Equipped to Handle Heat Waves?

 (time.com)

2 points | by karakoram 3 hours ago

3 comments

  • dwroberts 2 hours ago
    > especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050.

    The US is doing similar with phasing out R-410A, many of the replacements have the same properties the EU is pushing for (lower GWP)

  • tuatoru 3 hours ago
    Baron von Masoch was European.
  • ReptileMan 3 hours ago
    We are not. Not sure where this myth comes from.

    >Yet even as the continent continues to face rising temperatures, it's unlikely to become widespread—especially as the E.U. looks to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, a polluting cooling agent commonly found in A.C. units, by 2050.

    Propane is a better refrigerant all the way.

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