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Hello all,

Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
the US for several years and never came across this.

Reference the article link below.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...y.heatwave.ap/

Peter

Marie Lewis

In article <[email protected]> ,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes
    > What exactly
    >is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning?



It is an unnecessary waste of the earth's resources and can lead to
power cuts!
--
Marie Lewis

Miguel Cruz

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    > the US for several years and never came across this.
    > Reference the article link below.
    > http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...y.heatwave.ap/

I liked this part:

Confronted with this new culture of cool, etiquette experts have had to
come up with fresh rules. Milan daily Corriere della Sera recently
offered these do's and don'ts: always ask permission before turning on
the air conditioning and don't use it when young children or the elderly
are around.

miguel
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Keith Willshaw

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hello all,
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    > the US for several years and never came across this.

Clearly they arent since that one compant alone is selling
70,000 units per annum.

They dont buy em for the same reason a lot of
people in Washington state dont, its not worth
spending thousands of dollars on something you use
a few days every year.

In Southern Italy its much more prevalent.

Keith

Malcolm Stewart

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    > Hello all,
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    > the US for several years and never came across this.
    > Reference the article link below.
    > http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...y.heatwave.ap/
    > Peter

Our package holiday in northern Italy 3 years ago was spoilt by installed
air-conditioning (in our hotel and on coaches) being seen as a sales "feature"
rather than as a useful working addition to the amenities. I shall never forget
how hot we were and how much water we got through, nor how the hotel staff
obviously thought it didn't really matter.
Perhaps now I understand some of the background. At least for a few days we
were able to hire a Renault Clio which had working a/c and after the high
humidity of Riva del Garda this was a real blessing. We went back the following
year, but this time in my own car which I ensured had fully working a/c.

--
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK
www.megalith.freeserve.co.uk/oddimage.htm

Devil

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:54:59 -0700, [email protected] wrote:

    > Hello all,
    >
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    > the US for several years and never came across this.

It's just too cold, obviously.

Only use is as a status symbol thing, or a feature on a feature sheet.
Actually, we had a bit of the same feeling in Japan.

Ricky

<[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash?

Italian weather is for the majority a mediterranean weather not too cold in
winter and hot and humid for brief periods in summer (except summer
2003... ). For a long time a/c has been considered an "extra" because of the
good climate, but now everyone got a air conditioning car.
Times are changing in Italia too........
ciao
Ricky

Nancy Kay

In article <[email protected]>,
Marie Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:

    > It is an unnecessary waste of the earth's resources and can lead to
    > power cuts!
    > --
    > Marie Lewis

What earth resources?

--
Nancy Kay
"Patience is a Virtue"
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The Reid

Following up to [email protected]

    >Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    >is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    >ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    >the US for several years and never came across this.

Europeans consider aircon as contributing to the causes of the heat
and as a vicious circle to some extent. Overuse can lead to power
cuts. Doh! I promised myself I wouldnt keep doing that.
--
Mike Reid
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The Reid

Following up to Ricky

    >For a long time a/c has been considered an "extra" because of the
    >good climate, but now everyone got a air conditioning car.
    >Times are changing in Italia too........
    >ciao

aircon in cars is good even on cool brittainia, houses? Probably a
waste of money and if the power goes off Doh! Did it again.
--
Mike Reid
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Barbara Vaughan

"[email protected]" wrote:
    >
    > Hello all,
    >
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    > the US for several years and never came across this.
    >
    > Reference the article link below.
    > http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/eu...y.heatwave.ap/

I think the article explains it very well: Italians believe that air
conditioning can cause colds or stiff necks or other joint problems.
Also many people believe that brusque changes of temperature are
especially harmful, such as when you leave an air-conditioned store to
go out on the hot street.

Besides, the need hasn't been as great in the past. Where I live, most
summers are much more bearable than New Jersey, where I used to live.
(And I didn't have air conditioning there, either.)

Barbara

The Reid

Following up to Barbara Vaughan

    >Besides, the need hasn't been as great in the past. Where I live, most
    >summers are much more bearable than New Jersey, where I used to live.

could we get in the FAQ for US posters to check the lattitudes of
Europe and US before they mention aircon/screens etc?
--
Mike Reid
"Art is the lie that reveals the truth" P.Picasso
UK walking "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site
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Judith Umbria

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hello all,
    > Question for Italians or anyone who has lived in Italy. What exactly
    > is it that Italians are fearful of about air-conditioning? Is it an
    > ailment, disease, rash? I worked as an air-conditioning technician in
    > the US for several years and never came across this.

Neither. Resources are treated as finite and precious. You don't leave
things on that you aren't using, you try to make homes that can be kept
livable without excess fuel use.
I don't like AC at home, either. I had constant respiratory problems with
it in the US. I figure if the Africans can live with that weather, I can
live through the period when it blows over to us. And so far, so good.
If Italy had AC everywhere, the grid would blow up, as it has threatened to
do several times during this unusually long period of scirocco.

Judith Umbria

"Nancy Kay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:nonacks37310-C70968.22450715082...news.attbi.com...
    > In article <[email protected]>,
    > Marie Lewis <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > It is an unnecessary waste of the earth's resources and can lead to
    > > power cuts!
    > > --
    > > Marie Lewis
    > What earth resources?
    > --
    > Nancy Kay

Spoken like one from a place where the rivers don't go almost dry in the
summer. Italy uses fossil fuels for most electricity.

Evelynvogtgamble

The Reid wrote:
    >
    >
    > Europeans consider aircon as contributing to the causes of the heat
    > and as a vicious circle to some extent.

If you don't believe that, just stand next to the outlet of any
air-conditioning unit! I briefly owned a "condominium" in the San
Fernando Valley, where the unit's airconditioner blew hot air onto the
only area where I could have a vegetable garden. The tomatoes liked the
heat okay (they were at the far end of the five-foot plot), but the
zucchini shriveled and gave up without a struggle!

Another place where I lived, I had a couple of window air-conditioners.
My next-door neighbor there requested that I not leave one of them
running unless I was in the room where it was located, because it blew
so much hot air into his yard (the only safe place for his small
children to play) that it made that area several degrees hotter than the
rest of the outdoors.