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It's very strange. I had to go to MediaMarkt (Germany) to buy a new webcam + some antennas on short notice today and the portable ACs were sold out. Clearly someone is buying them.

I'm British and I bought a good quality portable unit for £400 after our May heatwave. I know we only deal with these heatwaves a week or two a year (for now) but cooling my home office made it possible to work this week. They're not hard to find

I looked at the price for a cheap split ac system on amazon. Like the kind of thing you'd just need to drill a few small holes through the wall, self install sort of thing. Under $400 bucks. If the issue is windows, tada, here's something that just works with walls.

rapid inflation or rapid deflation such as computers being orders of magnitude better and cheaper, it breaks people’s brain, for the signifier is social and contextual instead of the signifier being someone one can own like a master • I am so tired 😩😅

I mean yes Europeans are constitutionally incapable of entering Home Depot

Keep in mind, if you're buying portable you want a two-hose setup. Otherwise you're taking air you cooled and throwing it outside.

it's the same mentality that leads people to being anti-vaxx

Way too many people are arguing that AC is incompatible with windows, walls, building construction, etc rather than it just being a budgetary issue.

And of course propane is practically free compared to the cost of traditional refrigerants...

oh and I didn't even need to enter a home depot. They delivered it for an absurdly low fee

They currently cost about £800 because everywhere has sold out. I have no particular animus against AC but I think the US side of this fight has been very badly behaved. The people you are arguing with are very physically uncomfortable, haven’t slept properly in a week and are freaked out!