alt.hn

7/29/2026 at 9:36:54 PM

Japan unveils 'human refrigerator' to combat extreme summer heat

 https://www.globalsouthworld.com/article/japan-unveils-human-refrigerator-to-combat-extreme-summer-heat

by decimalenough

7/30/2026 at 9:50:17 AM

It can't be efficient to cool one person at a time

by abstractspoon

7/30/2026 at 10:24:16 AM

In Berlin the left party plans to establish large cooled rooms throughout the city where multiple fit

by one33seven

7/30/2026 at 5:04:58 AM

What about , planting some trees ?

by bamboozled

7/30/2026 at 10:35:55 AM

Summers are very hot and humid. Expect max temps of 36C high humidity throughout July and August, possibly the best part of September. Some trees bringing down the temperature by 2C (random figure, curious about the real one) would be nice but silver bullet.

by Krssst

7/30/2026 at 11:17:35 AM

I live...in Japan and I lived, in Tokyo and there are no trees, basically only concrete, hence the inspiration for my comment.

by bamboozled

7/30/2026 at 5:31:22 PM

I live in Japan too. Sure there's very few trees in cities and more would help, but at the same time it's so hot that I doubt this would make cities significantly more livable in summer. We're not talking about some moderate summer heat like 33C low humidity. It's 36C high humidity in the afternoon and getting higher with climate change. In summer, the outside during daytime is for going from some place with AC to some other place with AC. Some people have to work for long time outside and they need something significantly stronger than a few trees to protect their lives.

With that being said, I agree some more trees would be nice.

by Krssst

7/30/2026 at 9:50:18 AM

An obnoxiously ignorant suggestion for Japan, of all places.

by retrochameleon

7/30/2026 at 10:25:15 AM

Is that so? They have a large forested area, but inside the cities? Greener cities are cooler.

by one33seven

7/30/2026 at 11:18:34 AM

I live in Japan so I have some experience. There are almost zero trees in all of the hottest places where the majority of people dwell. There are basically three decent sized parks with trees in the entire Tokyo metro area, which is tens of millions of peoples home. Literally the only way to survive most summers is hopping from air con to air con. I couldn't really stand it so I left.

by bamboozled

7/30/2026 at 6:40:11 AM

Trees burn.

by hulitu