Air Conditioning Systems V Central Heating Systems

I'm always amazed at the reluctance of the British to part company with old ideas in favor of new products and lifestyles. Air conditioning is a great example of a really great product but homeowners are still reluctant to install. So the question is, why?

Air Conditioning Systems In UK Offices

It's a little bit crazy but I would imagine 80% of UK offices and commercial premises are heated and cooled by air conditioning systems but yet it would never occur to the workers within these premises to install air conditioning systems in their homes. It's not like people don't know what it is it just that they associate air conditioning with offices and central heating with homes.

Central Heating Is The Most Popular in UK Homes

There is no argument that central heating is currently heating about 80% of UK homes but if it was really efficient then why is it not more widely used in offices and commercial buildings?

What About The British Climate - Maybe That's The Answer

Sure enough if you go into mainland Europe and visit France or Italy you will see a remarkable difference in the use of heating systems. Anybody driving around Paris or Rome would most certainly believe that almost every apartment has air conditioning especially when you see the thousands of aircon boxes perched on window sills. But yet both Paris and Rome get cold winters and snow just like here in the UK so that can't be the reason whey we use central heating and they use aircon. It could be that the Europeans get better warmer weather in the summer and they need the aircon in the summer where we can struggle by as we have done in the past.

The British Don't Like Change

Personally, I think that no matter what research you do as to why the Europeans favor aircon you will eventually come to the conclusion that what it really comes down to is that the British are reluctant to change. They are a nation of putter-uppers who love to suffer and whine afterwards. Take it from me, I've been here for 35 years and I know. To further my argument I can tell you that the British still use copper pipe to install central heating and plumbing in their homes when plastic pipes and fitting have been available for 20 years or so. Plastic pipes are now used by all the UK utility companies to serve 30million homes their gas and water but yet the British homeowner wants to stay with copper because that what they had in the past. They simply hate changing things even though it is in their own interest and that they will be better off because of it.

Conclusion

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