Great news, world-class athletes. The Paris Olympics has added a new event for this summer's games.
Heat stroke.
Yes, in an effort to further bend the knee to whiny teenager Greta Thunberg, the Paris Olympics declared that no athletes will have access to air-conditioning in an effort to make this year's games the 'most sustainable Olympics ever.'
Quick reminder: The Paris Olympics will take place from July 26 - August 11.
Second reminder: Last summer, when all of Europe was hit by a heat wave, more than 5,000 people died from the heat in France when temperatures often exceeded 100 degrees.
Oh.
Olympic Village will forgo having air conditioning this summer due to climate concerns https://t.co/KjU5JU1rnI
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 20, 2024
Fox News has more details about France's ingenious plan:
'We designed these buildings so that they would be comfortable places to live in in the summer, in 2024 and later on, and we don't need air conditioning in these buildings because we oriented the facades so that they wouldn't get too much sun during the summer, and the facades, the insulation is really efficient,' [Olympics infrastructure head Jann] Krysinski told Reuters.
The decision is part of the organizing committee’s goal to cut the carbon footprint of the Paris Games by half and stage the most sustainable Olympics to date by installing a special technology to use natural sources to keep everyone cool even during a potential heat wave.
Well, that's great news, athletes. You won't be hot because they designed the facades to be ... insulated?
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Paris also plans on using a water system that will cool ... the floors.
Are the people at the Olympics familiar with how heat works?
When you're conditioned to believe turning off the A/C will make the weather gooder... 🦇💩🤪
— SciGuy (@SciGuy65) March 20, 2024
They should forgo the entire event, far more carbon emissions bringing everyone there than the air conditioning in the village. If climate concerns are really their primary concern and not just virtue signaling.
— Scott Okun (@scottokun) March 20, 2024
No, they're just virtue signaling.
More than 10,500 athletes from over 200 countries will fly into Paris for the Olympics, not to mention all the fans. Or the government officials, who will all almost certainly use private jets.
But sure. Turning off the AC is going to save the planet.
Or something.
FFS
— Lil’ Penguin 🐧 (@SckNTyrd) March 20, 2024
Why do “progressives” want to take the world backwards? Ration and deny the athletes water and make ‘em take salt tablets in a heat wave. Yeah. They’ll be fine.
— Doug Bright (@DougBright1) March 20, 2024
Like most things leftist, their words don't actually mean anything (or they mean the opposite). There is no 'progress' associated with people who call themselves 'progressives.'
Stinky olympians! Perfect. https://t.co/4m9iytP69v
— Deebs (@DeebsFLA) March 20, 2024
LOL. We haven't heard anything about rationing water and showers for the athletes but it would not surprise us in the least.
Thank you for your sacrifice, athletes. I will turn my thermostat all the way up to 68 in solidarity. https://t.co/tEirXEHFjB
— G_Mann (@GMann_19) March 20, 2024
This is not safe for the athletes. https://t.co/i9ORUqz5vH
— TheGipper (@PresidentGipper) March 20, 2024
Somehow, we get the feeling that the athletes were not consulted at all about this decision.
Not The Onion.
— Grab ’em by the MAGA 🇺🇲 (@GrabEmByTheMAGA) March 20, 2024
These people have lost their minds. https://t.co/B0BimBZiDK
In fairness, The Onion isn't even The Onion anymore. They're fully woke. But this does seem like a Babylon Bee headline.
The Olympic contenders will love that. Better not be a heat wave. Nothing like competing in the heat by sport contenders. 🙄🙄🙄
— Phil Kessack (@dilligas77) March 20, 2024
This is actually the funniest punchline to this story. According to Fox News, both the Australian and Greek Olympic committees (two countries familiar with heat) have already announced that they will be spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to equip their athletes with portable air conditioners for the duration of the Olympics. We anticipate many more countries will follow suit.
But we're betting those portable units are WAY more efficient than a central air-conditioning system, right?
Oh, well. It all makes perfect sense when you realize we live in Clown WorldTM.
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