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One of the easiest social media trends to follow of late is the talk about the scorching temperatures in cities and towns encompassing the entirety of Western Europe. The heat dome that is causing apoplexy across vast stretches of the continent - including the UK – are causing some across the pond to publicly latest that the extreme temperatures they are experiencing are entirely the fault of those silly uncultured Americans who have the audacity to utilize AC as routine, from sea-to-shining sea.
Damn them!
Yeah, it's probably ridiculous to actually see such nonsense in writing, but an example of this America is to blame chatter comes from Audrey Pulvar, the Deputy Mayor of France.
In an online post Pulvar stated, “...As the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions in the world, you bear a significant amount of responsibility for global warming and the consequences we, in France, are experiencing. ...Your cities, which are 90 percent air conditioned, are not unrelated to this."
Not only is the statement absurd but it is the height of hubris to blame American homes, businesses and public buildings with central air conditioning, for the misery in France during this heat wave.