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All it takes is one wet bulb event in a city near the equator. The deaths will be among those that can’t access climate control powered by cheap fossil fuels.

• cm2012 3y ago
  And I'd happily bet that even with extra wet bulb events, death rate will be lower and life expectancy higher at the equator. And I would assign a .0001% chance of a single wet bulb event killing millions of people.
  • Filligree 3y ago
    I’ll take that bet, at 1000:1 odds; that should still be profitable for you. How do you want to handle it?
    • cm2012 3y ago
      Not worth my time at those odds to set it up