For those outside the US, that’s 115 Fahrenheit, which is about 46C
Original title: Extreme heat blasting Western Europe could set all-time record in U.K.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/13/heat-europe-amber-temperature/
For those outside the US, that’s 115 Fahrenheit, which is about 46C
Original title: Extreme heat blasting Western Europe could set all-time record in U.K.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/07/13/heat-europe-amber-temperature/
Wet bulb assumes no air conditioning, no cool off at night & no exterior forms of cooling (wearing cold wet rags, basements, swimming, etc)
People will likely just use more energy on cooling or move north. It’s not like most people will just sit there and die, only the poorest, homeless, elderly, etc. will do that
It’s a good thing the price of that in Europe has been very stable lately
It’s artificial, caused by self-imposed sanctions
They could just lift all sanctions and return to normal.
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Energy riots will come
rioting in this extreme heat, pigs will still be in their full storm trooper gear....roast piggies
Heat stroke to own the libs
Luckily, our society doesn't produce lots of those. :ralph-wiggum-in-danger:
People sometimes act like Wet Bulb is a point where society collapses and everyone dies. Wet Bulb won’t do that, it will just exacerbate existing class struggle and violence.
A few days of bulbin' won't collapse civilization but it's a matter of scale and locale. Prolonged wet bulb conditions can absolutely lead to regional abandonment. If the american south will kill an unprotected person half the days of the year, human life will become untenable there. If it's one day out of 10, then maybe people stay under worse conditions. Assuming the power stays on.
Right, but combine that with everything else and it's still not going to be pretty. Energy companies are handily getting away with letting people freeze and cook without consequence now and we're not even in the cool zone yet.
That’s because they think of collapse as an event. It’s more like erosion. Little chunks fall off until there’s nothing left. Web Bulb would massively increase the speed of that erosion