A Major Difference between the European and U.S. Power Supply / Air Conditioning Situation, -Is that Much of Europe is on the Cool Side, including Summers, wheras Much of my own Country's Summers are Not.

Air Conditioning is thereby such a Large and Everyday Part of our Picture around here. While Much of Europe, Usually Getting Cooler Summers to begin with, Hasn't had this Need. It's therefore Not a Part of their Picture!, It Hasn't "Entered into Europe's Calculations."

True, It is well within the Means of many Europeans to have Air Conditioners, and I'm Sure that Many of them do. And Not just in the Atypically Hotter Mediterranean South.

But their Whole General Power System Setup, Isn't Ready for a Large, Long, and Persistent Heat Wave! While our's Already is "Set Up" for a Lot of this, when a Heat Wave Happens to U.S.

In Much of (Cooler) Europe, a Strong Heat Wave can be a Straw that Breaks a "Power Supply's Back"!

I'm Not Knowledgeable on Electric Power Supplies. But I Do know how Much of Europe is Predominantly Cooler. This is a Strong, Reasonable Impression, that I get. As relates to Electrical Power considerations.

This is Toward Mentioning of this Angle of it all, to our Forum Mates in General. I Sure that you, Frenchy, are already Well Familiar with this. So I'm Not specifically Telling this to you.

But Many Others around the World may Not be so Aware! Lest a False Equality be Suggested, I want to make mention of this Angle too.

Much of Europe typically is Much Cooler than we! Our Much More Usual Hot is Not Only Not Entered into Europe's typical, overall Calculations, but Many a Typical, Average European is Very Unaccustomed to Major Heat Waves too. Thus the High Number who either Succumbed, or were Adversely Affected by it. [color:"black"] [/color] [email]frenchy[/email]