The Summer Olympics In Paris Will Be BYO-AC Since Paris Dorms Lack Air Condition

The Paris Summer Olympics is all about going green, and one way it plans to do that is by not including air conditioning for dorms in the Olympic Village.

Well, according to a report from The Washington Post, a bunch of delegations are about to show up in France with fleets of air conditioning units almost as if to say, "Here's what we think of your anti-AC stance."

That's right, the Olympic Games will be BYO-AC this year.

Earlier this year, OutKick's Ian Miller wrote about how the Paris Olympics were saying "non" to air-conditioning athletes' dorms. That decision was made because they thought that leaving it out would reduce the entire event's carbon footprint.

I mean, you could save water by not installing plumbing too, if you're going to go down this road…

Of course, what they were apparently too clueless to account for was that most delegations sending athletes to the Games would want them to be well rested, i.e. not laying awake at night on a sex-proof bed in a not-air-conditioned dorm in the middle of a hot Parisian summer.

Dorms at the Summer Olympics in Paris will probably be a little cooler than organizers had planned on them being with teams planning on bringing their own AC units. (Photo by Magali Cohen / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by MAGALI COHEN/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Now, as The Washington Post puts it, "wealthier nations" will be shipping in AC units.

I don't know why that's a "wealthier nations" thing. If you can afford to send an athlete to the Olympics, I hope you can pony up for some window units. 

But the irony here is that these window units could end up using more energy than if the Olympic organizers had done the right thing from the jump and just included air conditioning.

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