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Rob L'Heureux's avatar

One related point on AC and clean energy, AC demand pretty strictly follows solar availability. Simply installing more solar will very closely match the generation demands for AC, likely with some batteries to help in the evenings. Many countries in Europe are so far north, they may not get much solar generation in the winter months, but I suspect it easily pencils out for just supporting AC demand in the summer.

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Pouya Nikmand's avatar

Thank you for the in-depth explaination. This topic has a personal imporance to me.

Every summer night I woke up at 3am from the heat, frantically splashing water on my head and limbs. And what's worse, most European windows didn't have a mosquito net either. So not being able to afford to close the window, I lived in total darkness after the sun went down.

I looked at Europe with so much reverence when I immigrated there from Iran. The absence of A/C made Europe look even more backward than Iran, which is not okay! Make Europe Cool (Again?)!

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