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Texas is significantly hotter than Spain, this is not a reasonable analogy.[^1][^2] If Texas becomes too hot for human life, that means you can effectively onl
by juujian 3y ago
Texas is significantly hotter than Spain, this is not a reasonable analogy.[^1][^2]
If Texas becomes too hot for human life, that means you can effectively only survive with air conditioning. Heat also stresses the electrical grid and makes it more difficult to operate power plants which require cooling, i.e., water. The risk of power failure increases exponentially, and those heat waves will translate into death waves. And if Texas becomes too hot for human life, it will also become too hot for most wild life, which usually does not have access to AC. And it will stress the agriculture even further, which will thin out many rural populations. Hard to say what way Texas is heading.
[^1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Spain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Spain
[^2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Texas
- ricardobayes 3y agoHow so? Sevilla and most of Andalusia has 40C summers. Even last week was 44C, 111F during the day.
- quickthrowman 3y agoRight now in Sevilla, the relative humidity is 25%, making 101F feel like 102F. The relative humidity in Houston is 60% right now, making 90F feel like 100F. It’s easier to cool down by sweating and having that sweat evaporate with a lower relative humidity. Texas has more water in the air than Spain does, exacerbating the heat problem.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoThe wet-bulb temperature is a better indication of how deadly the temperature is as it's equivalent to the temperature that humans can obtain by losing body heat from sweating/evaporation. A wet-bulb temperature of 35C is pretty much the upper limit that humans can survive for a sustained period and 32C is considered "extreme risk".