Portable split air conditioner for self-assembly is sold out almost everywhere; live status updates show remaining units. Profiteers are exploiting the weather.
Most people are thinking very short-sighted. They don’t anticipate their future needs and then get surprised. Then they try to buy something at the point in time where demand is the highest, thanks to all the other, equally short-sighted people.
Like buying an AC on the hottest day in summer. Or buying a warm jacket at the beginning of winter rather than at the end, when they will be heavily discounted.
I mean poorer areas won’t be able to afford ACs except the richer folks.
Additionally, hotter areas have dwellings that are made to combat heat. But in European areas, the dwellings were made with thick walls to keep heat in during the winter.
So now many walls have become heat saturated and it’s hard to cool them down.
This heat wave is 10-15 degrees warmer than average and quite quickly moved through the area.
What is up with Europeans and their difficulties in getting ACs?
Most people are thinking very short-sighted. They don’t anticipate their future needs and then get surprised. Then they try to buy something at the point in time where demand is the highest, thanks to all the other, equally short-sighted people.
Like buying an AC on the hottest day in summer. Or buying a warm jacket at the beginning of winter rather than at the end, when they will be heavily discounted.
Demand outstrips supply
That part is clear, but there are much poorer countries in hotter areas without such problems.
I mean poorer areas won’t be able to afford ACs except the richer folks.
Additionally, hotter areas have dwellings that are made to combat heat. But in European areas, the dwellings were made with thick walls to keep heat in during the winter.
So now many walls have become heat saturated and it’s hard to cool them down.
This heat wave is 10-15 degrees warmer than average and quite quickly moved through the area.