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‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] -4 points 3 years ago (4 children)

You know, in many parts of the world dying from decapitation is much more probable. Or just, eh, rapid lead poisoning combined with mechanical damage to your internal organs.

First world panic is something else really. Humans can live in orbit and on Mars FFS. Cooling the living spaces is not an unsolvable problem even in Australia.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Scientists: The average temperature across the world is rapidly approaching the point of no return on the planet becoming uninhabitable and we have no feasible way to avoid it.

    You: Just crank the AC lmao.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm mostly talking about the panicking tone of that comment.

    Also about feasible ways - the goal is to find an economically feasible replacement for the processes leading to such emissions. Or create an ecofascist world government which will force everyone to behave.

    The average of those two is not a goal, as it doesn't solve the problem.

    So - either we make it cheaper and easier for people in Equatorial Africa, Afghanistan etc to use "green" technologies, or we are fucked, unless conquering the whole planet is back on the menu.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ah, rereading I now see what your intent.

    Perhaps "feasible" wasn't the word I was looking for so much as "realistic." It's going to be an uphill battle convincing profit-based companies to produce a cheap, green alternative but I'd love to be proven wrong. Short of fascism I do think government nudging of the market through grants etc is something we sorely need to get moving on, because money is the only thing that speaks to these giant faceless corporations.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Nudging - yes, grants - no.

    I'd personally just like some weakening of patent, IP, trademark etc laws. We are at a point when these work for companies too big to not be malicious.

    Anyway, the cheap green alternative is called a nuclear reactor. I've read there are some smaller, more compact models in testing.

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