Re:Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate cris...
by myshpa on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:54AM
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It's a global problem. Time of Europe will come soon enough.
Re:Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate cris...
by mpweiher on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @08:04AM
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More significantly, about 10x the number that die of heat-related causes die of cold-related causes.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5...
Article says 61,000 people in Europe died in the 2022 heatwaves. Something like 60,000,000 people die annually (I'd guess about 6 million in Europe) [0]. How much comfort and profit were we meant to sacrifice to prevent that rounding error? Air pollution from coal plants that could directly kill people is a better argument for phasing them out than these heat waves.
[0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-per-year