Greens capitulate!

Air conditioning in Germany is now officially a good thing.

Greens’ Dröge calls for air conditioning push in public facilities – The co-leader of Germany’s Greens, Katharina Dröge, appeals in this week’s Bild am Sonntag newspaper for rapid moves to install air conditioning units in key public buildings.

You know. Key public buildings like the German Bundestag.

Why Germans don’t have air conditioning?

Everybody knows why Germans don’t have air conditioning.

Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren’t equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing.