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Hate to agree but yeah. We've already seen a number of deadly heat waves in Europe. In 2003, 70,000 people died in the EU from a heat wave [1]. A fact that i
by cogman10 3y ago
Hate to agree but yeah. We've already seen a number of deadly heat waves in Europe.
In 2003, 70,000 people died in the EU from a heat wave [1]. A fact that is never really comes up in talks about climate change.
The death toll could be millions and we'd still see deniers clamoring that we need to burn more coal for grid stability or whatever.
[1] https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230717-parisians-are-most-at-risk-of-dying-in-european-heatwaves https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20230717-parisians-a...
- HPsquared 3y agoThe short-term patch is to install air conditioning (or go to the mall, or even an air conditioned car). That's what people at risk of this will do.
- aeternum 3y agoMore people die of cold than heat, a fact that never comes up in talks about climate change. Obviously there's a limit, but based on the data about lives lost due to cold vs. warm temps, we should expect increased global temps to first save human lives since a lot more people freeze to death.
- ironlake 3y agoAnd think of all the money we'll save on jackets