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 https://apnews.com/article/olympics-air-conditioning-paris-0f753df91956f3fe61ad4febaff0ebb9 
 I guess the 15 million people visiting for the Olympics are walking there? 
 lol, solid point 
 Wow, just cancel the Olympics entirely if you are that worried about carbon emissions lol. Ok let’s all fly jets to Paris from all over the world but no AC tho 
 Right… geniuses! 
 I agree. 
 Two years ago, at the start of the Ukraine war, former ECB President and then Italy Prime Minister Mario Draghi, in order to promote sending weapons to UKR and stopping Russian gas deliveries, infamously said:

"Do you prefer peace or air conditioning?"

Almost everyone replied: air conditioning. 
 Umm what 
 You're right, it's a weird way of thinking.

He meant: if you slaves want peace (by defeating Russia), you must be willing to give up your modern day luxuries (AC) that rely on Russian energy. Otherwise, if you slaves want to keep cheap Russian energy, you can only have war.