{"id":2636138,"date":"2026-07-27T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-uk-where-roughly-5-of-homes-have-ac-official-broadcaster-reports-on-people-effectively-crippled-by-heatwave-anxiety\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T20:37:30","slug":"in-uk-where-roughly-5-of-homes-have-ac-official-broadcaster-reports-on-people-effectively-crippled-by-heatwave-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-uk-where-roughly-5-of-homes-have-ac-official-broadcaster-reports-on-people-effectively-crippled-by-heatwave-anxiety\/","title":{"rendered":"In UK, Where Roughly 5% of Homes Have AC, Official Broadcaster Reports on People Effectively Crippled by &#8216;Heatwave Anxiety&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-uk-where-roughly-5-of-homes-have-ac-official-broadcaster-reports-on-people-effectively-crippled-by-heatwave-anxiety%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2636138&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the UKS lack of complete measures to combat summer heatwaves and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-demand-defunding-of-vaccine-mandates-lower-energy-prices-in-omnibus-bill\/\" title=\"Conservatives Demand Defunding of Vaccine Mandates, Lower Energy Prices in Omnibus Bill\">reduce energy costs<\/a>, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-lot-of-upward-pressure-heres-why-gas-prices-are-soaring-again\/\" title=\"\u2018A Lot Of Upward Pressure\u2019: Here\u2019s Why Gas Prices Are Soaring Again\">experiencing rising temperatures<\/a>. It highlights concerns about individuals suffering from &#8220;heatwave anxiety,&#8221; with stories of parents overwhelmed by the heat impacting their daily lives and mental health. The piece notes that only about 5% of UK homes have air conditioning, partly due to the country&#8217;s traditionally cooler climate and older housing structures, though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-boss-tells-white-house-to-stay-out-of-fight-as-strike-looms\/\" title=\"Union boss warns White House to stay out of impending strike.\">installing air conditioning<\/a> is technically possible and often not restricted by regulations. Experts attribute increased anxiety and distress to repeated heatwaves and climate change, with some people contemplating significant lifestyle changes like relocating to cooler regions. Simultaneously occurring, the UK faces a predicted shortage of air conditioning units, with industry insiders warning of unprecedented scarcity. The article underscores a disconnect between public anxiety and the lack of widespread adaptation strategies, emphasizing the importance of community action and personal measures to cope with climate impacts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom has steadfastly refused to come up with any plan to air condition most residences or reduce energy costs to the point where it wouldn\u2019t be a burden for the people using it. It will, however, use its official state network to report on Britishers breaking down due to \u201cheatwave anxiety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a story published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cgk4xrznxn5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> last week about how the phenomenon left people they talked to \u201cincredibly helpless\u201d and \u201cpretty much useless,\u201d the broadcaster gave tips on \u201chow to manage it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The words <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-equality-telling-new-yorkers-keep-temps-78-mamdanis-city-hall-enjoys-54-degrees-places\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cair conditioning\u201d<\/a> were used just once \u2014 referring to an ecologist who purchased a \u201cunit in spring as a precaution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the article was rife with talk about \u201cclimate anxiety,\u201d \u201cclimate change,\u201d and \u201cclimate concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This included Tavia Watts \u2014 whose name would be too on-the-nose in a Pynchon novel if it weren\u2019t real \u2014 talking about how, during the heatwave in June, she was thinking about her young children. Not how hot they were in the weather, but how hot it was in their rooms for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the heatwave, I\u2019ve got a high level of anxiety all the time and I\u2019m pretty much useless,\u201d the 36-year-old said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had to leave bedtime when my husband reads [my kids] stories to have a little cry and to calm down, because it\u2019s just too hot in their room and I\u2019m afraid for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a stay-at-home mother who \u201cfeels like the world is literally ending\u201d \u2026 which is why she had time to talk about it thusly on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following post contains vulgar language that some may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ-eHyWo84S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; 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align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZ-eHyWo84S\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post d by Tavia (@taviagoesgreen)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s great to see how the Brits have gone from \u201cstiff upper lip\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wwii-bomb-suddenly-detonates-small-town-drone-footage-captures-massive-explosion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">during the Blitz<\/a> to \u201cI\u2019ve got a high level of anxiety all the time and I\u2019m pretty much useless\u201d while being a parent during a heatwave.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, Watts is hardly alone \u2014 and it\u2019s thanks to conscious decisions made by Britons.<\/p>\n<p>Psychologist Caroline Hickman blamed \u201canticipatory anxiety\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/global-elitism-work-amid-heatwave-european-commission-shuts-off-ac-lower-level-workers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">heatwaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce people have been through a traumatic event like a flood or a heatwave, they anticipate the next one,\u201d she said. \u201c[N]ow we\u2019re getting the repeat, repeat, repeat [heatwaves]. It triggers that sense that \u2018I can\u2019t be safe in the world, and the world can\u2019t be trusted.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hickman added that among her patients, she \u201chad people saying they\u2019re going to kill themselves, I\u2019ve had people saying they\u2019re going to terminate pregnancies, I\u2019ve had people saying that they want to sell their houses and move somewhere cooler.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s pretty bad when the rational decision is to sell your house and move somewhere that\u2019s slightly cooler. There was also Lizzie Ellen, who was \u201cterrified\u201d when climate change was taught in her school and was now in her home \u201cobsessively\u201d checking her weather app while she dealt with a baby born several months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the baby, I\u2019ve been staying indoors more, keeping on top of checking the temperature \u2026 so there\u2019s that isolation,\u201d she told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen there\u2019s the future, which is really scary to be honest \u2014 thinking about how the heat we experienced back in June could become a daily reality within a very short time, [my baby\u2019s] lifetime\u2026 and that\u2019s pretty miserable, staying indoors all day in the dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6199029\/air-conditioning-uk-heat-waves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Time<\/a> reported that part of the reason why only 5 percent of houses in the U.K. have air conditioning is that, along with a cooler climate historically, the houses are older and more difficult to install air conditioning in. But it\u2019s not necessarily impossible \u2014 until you look at the GOV.UK\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/mhclgmedia.blog.gov.uk\/2026\/06\/25\/air-conditioning-rules\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact check<\/a> calling claims that \u201cair conditioning is banned in homes\u201d in the U.K. as \u201cincorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Air conditioning can be installed in both existing and new homes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In most cases, planning permission is not required to install it for a small home if it would not materially affect the appearance of the building from outside.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>However, there is no blanket rule. People should speak with their local council to check the rules, and councils should take a common-sense approach. There are other measures in place to make sure people\u2019s homes are cool.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, there shouldn\u2019t be permission needed \u2014 but that\u2019s not necessarily true across the board, so long as it doesn\u2019t affect the outside appearance, which it probably will if you\u2019re retrofitting it, and you should really check anyway.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t even counting the fact that Britishers already pay <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/united-kingdom\/uks-burnham-targets-lower-energy-bills-first-move-pm-rcna588496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">almost<\/a> $2,500 U.S. dollars per year in energy costs, largely due to the fact that natural gas prices have gone sky-high since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the U.K. had outsourced most of its energy production. Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>And the BBC\u2019s tips for beating \u201cheatwave anxiety\u201d are almost as inadvertently hilarious:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>  Talk to others: There\u2019s often \u201ca huge perception gap between how concerned people are about climate change, and how much they think other people care\u201d, said [psychologist Emma] Lawrance \u2013 meaning you might wrongly assume that you\u2019re in the minority, or even that you\u2019re alone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMake space to be kind to yourself, to tend to those emotions and know that it\u2019s coming from a place of care for the world,\u201d she added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Find a community: Lawrance recommended finding a strong social network who care about the same things, and taking positive action together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Whether it\u2019s planting a garden in your school or putting solar panels on the roof of your business, action can not only help you channel your anxiety into something positive, but can help alleviate the symptoms of anxiety too.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Note the one thing that definitely <em>would<\/em> stop this that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/opinion-cynthia-nixon-camp-says-air-conditioning-use-notoriously-sexist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doesn\u2019t get mentioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That still hasn\u2019t stopped many Britishers from getting air conditioners, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp8r4g4907eo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> estimating earlier this month that the country would soon run out of units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin a few weeks, I think we\u2019re going to see something like we\u2019ve never seen before,\u201d said Nick Burton, who runs an air conditioning firm in Cambridgeshire. \u201cI don\u2019t think there will be many units left in the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, in other words, get ready for a whole lot more \u201cclimate anxiety\u201d videos on the socials with virtually nobody recommending fast-tracking mass adoption of the one foolproof way to beat the heat. 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