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> The suspension points are there because trying to put actual words won't be as scary. I live in Spain. This summer is being absolutely unbearable. We're cons
by gjulianm 4y ago
> The suspension points are there because trying to put actual words won't be as scary.
I live in Spain. This summer is being absolutely unbearable. We're constantly hovering around 40ºC. You can't open the windows to go to sleep because at 23:00 it's still 29-30º outside. We've been like this since the beginning of July. And I live in Madrid, which isn't even one of the hottest parts of the country.
And that's just now. I can't imagine how it's going to be in the future. It's going to make parts of the country completely unlivable in the summer. Insulating and protecting from extreme heat is far more difficult from extreme cold, at this point the only alternative we really have is AC, which makes things worse due to the energy usage, and there are zones that aren't equipped with it because they don't usually get a lot of heat. Quite a lot of people will die of heat stroke (those vulnerable to hypothermia in the winter are also vulnerable to heat stroke in the summer, it's not like warmer weather will save any lives). The effect on crops, vegetation and wildlife is going to be devastating. The desertification process of Spain will continue even faster.
So yeah, the prospect of 2ºC heating is really, really scary.