Fanatics on both sides - Musk, Le Pen and the anti-AC movement - forget that a air conditioner and heat pump are one and the same device. The only difference is in the direction of pumping. Logically, the former should ban AC with heating function, the latter - heat pumps with cooling function 😆
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/05/europe-air-conditioning-culture-wars-heat-up
the GuardianFrom ‘heat panic’ to ‘sacrificed at the altar’: Europe’s air conditioning culture wars heat upCooling down has become political amid record highs, as experts say row is distracting from work of protecting lives