While politicians pose next to thermometers and promise to protect the most vulnerable, thousands of elderly and sick people suffocate in nursing homes and hospitals without air conditioning. The heatwave does not spare those who cannot escape. Behind the death toll figures lies a historical debt in basic infrastructure that no one wants to pay.
Cooling technology: efficient systems and legal deadlines 🔥
The technical solution exists and does not require impossible inventions. High-efficiency reversible heat pumps, ducted air conditioning systems with heat recovery, and direct expansion equipment with zonal control can be installed in existing facilities without major renovations. The key is to finance them with a direct tax on large polluting companies, and to set a maximum two-year deadline by law for their installation in all healthcare and residential centers.
What goes unsaid: the sweat of ministers in their offices 😅
Of course, while the elderly fan themselves with medical reports, official offices maintain a museum-like temperature. No one proposes that politicians sweat a little in their shirts to empathize. But hey, regulating the temperature in care centers is expensive; on the other hand, pretty speeches are free and require no maintenance.