Post by @Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party

Watched a YT video last night that confused me a little.
It was a Brit living in the U.S., and he was saying that the reason people in the U.S. complain about summer, even though they have air conditioning, is that they set the aircon to a temperature that would be considered very high by U.K. standards: 75°F/24°C.

That doesn't make sense to me, because I was under the impression that Americans are the most liberal with their use of air conditioning, because of the relatively low price of energy here.

So, if you're in the #UK, poll to follow in a reply to this toot...

([here])

(Wow, some of y'all set yours lower than me. 😂)

#UK residents only:

In the middle of summer, what do you set your air conditioning to?

#AirConditioning #AirCon #AC #Poll

@rl_dane so I've voted for 21C but that's because I've only got a single portable Aircon for my entire (small) house and setting it to that temperature means that it can cool most of the house to 24-25C.

@Tattooed_Mummy

@sheddi @rl_dane in winter I have the heating set to 20 ❄️😁

@Tattooed_Mummy @sheddi

Ah, this is interesting to me. People seem to be more careful/miserly with heating than cooling.

68°F/20°C is what I set it to when I go to bed in the winter. I'll usually have it set to 72°F/22°C during the day.

Also, my home isn't very well insulated. Being by the windows can be a bit unpleasant.

@rl_dane @Tattooed_Mummy @sheddi

meanwhile, where I live (not the UK), it's ~30°C every day year round and I do not use AC. ;)

@rl_dane @Tattooed_Mummy @sheddi

When I was in the US, though, about the coldest I can be for extended periods of time is 20°C. Unless, perhaps, I'm piled under heaps of covers and stuffed animals…