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> Millions of people die every year from fossil fuel emissions Citation needed. “Millions a year” is undoubtedly using some flimsy justification for the figure

• 93po 2y ago
  nope https://hsph.harvard.edu/climate-health-c-change/news/fossil-fuel-air-pollution-responsible-for-1-in-5-deaths-worldwide/ https://hsph.harvard.edu/climate-health-c-change/news/fossil... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38030155/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38030155/ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/air-pollution-from-fossil-fuels-kills-5-million-people-a-year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/29/air-poll... https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1819989116 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1819989116 https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-077784 https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj-2023-077784 there is tons of data to support this, and it's a widely accepted reality
  • Our_Benefactors 2y ago
    These all seem to reference the same model, the actual studies are all pay walled, and there’s no way to get access to the model. Priesthood vibes