<story><title>Europe&apos;s record heat wave moves toward Greenland</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-greeland-europe-ice-heat-record-1.5225980</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pizza</author><text>I recall reading a CNN scrolling ticker headline about the current European heatwave that said ~5%  of European homes&amp;#x2F;offices have AC.&lt;p&gt;The DOE says 3&amp;#x2F;4 of American homes have AC, and furthermore, AC uses &lt;i&gt;6%&lt;/i&gt; of all electricity generated in the United States, quite staggering imo and a lot more than I would have expected. Without AC, a lot of America would just be too unbearable to support some major communities.&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.energy.gov&amp;#x2F;energysaver&amp;#x2F;home-cooling-systems&amp;#x2F;air-conditioning&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.energy.gov&amp;#x2F;energysaver&amp;#x2F;home-cooling-systems&amp;#x2F;air-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Europe&apos;s record heat wave moves toward Greenland</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-greeland-europe-ice-heat-record-1.5225980</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>NeedMoreTea</author><text>IIRC there&amp;#x27;s around 7m of sea level rise tied up in Greenland ice, and it&amp;#x27;s already melting remarkably quickly. Now add the wildfires and it seems like it&amp;#x27;s escalating dangerously out of control.&lt;p&gt;While a tipping point tips, government action is still conspicuously absent, and countries (well Russia and Canada mainly) are trying to nail their continental shelf claims in the Arctic for oil exploration.</text></comment>