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At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heat wave gripped Europe and smashed temperature records in several cities Monday.

As schools in France closed ‌or modified their schedules, forecasters in Britain predicted temperatures could break June records this week.

The temperature in Bordeaux in France's western wine country rose to 41.9 C, breaking a record set last August. In Poitiers, in central France, it reached 41.2 C, surpassing a previous high set in 1947.

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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 hours ago

Without this "fossil fuel dependency" there wouldn't be 8 billion people and we'd be at an early 19th century economy. You know, when they had 100% renewable energy?

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 12 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

What a ridiculous thing to say, what a bullshit argument.

There has existed a scientific consensus about the dangers of climate change due to CO2 emissions since the late 1980s. The first IPCC report came out in 1990. That's 36 years ago. MORE THAN THREE FUCKING DECADES that our leaders have had the knowledge that humanity needs to change course. MORE THAN THREE DECADES of lost opportunity to actually change the structure of our economies and the inputs/outputs of industrial base.

So give me a fucking break from the bullshit.

[-] freely1333@reddthat.com 2 points 8 hours ago

In fairness three decades isn’t actually that long of a time.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago
[-] freely1333@reddthat.com 2 points 7 hours ago

Dinosaurs were 100 million years ago etc etc. 36 years is not even a blip in time.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 hours ago

We're talking human economic policy bro. 36 years is an era.

[-] freely1333@reddthat.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Slavery took about 100 years of gradual policy reform and a civil war to change.

[-] glibg@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

Sounds good to me.

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