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>>This is uselessly dismissive and overlooks that this is one of the worst heat waves in years. and yet the article says that 5X as many people die on the cold
by ejb999 4y ago
>>This is uselessly dismissive and overlooks that this is one of the worst heat waves in years.
and yet the article says that 5X as many people die on the colder days, then on the warmer days - wouldn't the average temperature going up be a net positive for temperature related deaths?
I hate articles like this - very heavy on the opinion/advocacy, and very light on any real facts.
80% of the temperature deaths are happening on the cold days, but the whole article is basically saying the temperature going up is the problem.
"" Although deaths on extremely cold days—about 785,000—were much higher than those on extremely hot days—about 103,000—overall there were more days with intense cold, which could explain this difference. """
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoyou can solve coldness by wearing warm clothes. but it is impossoble to solve hotness in a portable manner. there is no practical way to cool a person outdoors that needs to do heavy labour, say farming
- meatsauce 4y agoHow did humanity ever survive without AC and internet?
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- lozenge 4y ago"Average" temperature is a bad proxy for both "extremely hot days" and "extremely cold days".
- rbanffy 4y ago> wouldn't the average temperature going up be a net positive for temperature related deaths? A higher average temperature indicates higher energy, which means more chaotic weather, worse storms, more flooding, longer droughts, colder cold days and hotter hot days. As for numbers, you can roughly approximate the cause of death from the difference between an "average" day and an extremely hot or cold day. There's no need to approximate the deaths from the increasingly frequent "once in a lifetime" storms and floods.
- seabea 4y agoHigher average temperatures (climate) lead to more extreme temperature events (weather). How do people still not understand this?
- jmvoodoo 4y agoArticle also says that more people will die from extreme temps, not just high temps. It also says that climate change makes heat waves and cold fronts more extreme. Hotter on average does not mean hotter everywhere or hotter all the time.