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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/

  • 20000bannedposters [love/loves]
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    2 years ago

    They did. They just said in the early 2000s it would be a hundred years away.

    Which many of them now regret choosing the most conservative estimate. They where worried about stoking fear, instead they created inaction

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yup. Which is why they get the wall not the gulag. Motherfuckers killed us all for vroom vroom juice. And they knew the whole. Fucking. Time.

          • emizeko [they/them]
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            2 years ago

            find me the person who will argue that the penalty for taking away our only biosphere is "too harsh"

        • Tormato [none/use name]
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          2 years ago

          1912!

          Wow, that’s heavy.

          “Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.” Kurt Vonnegut

    • p_sharikov [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I have to imagine there was some bias in the hiring, funding, and platforming of scientists with that particular approach.