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As Europe Sweats, Some Politicians Talk of Air-Conditioning, Not Climate Action (www.nytimes.com)
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Heat-related deaths and disruptions to daily life are forcing politicians to reckon, in different ways, with a rapidly warming planet.

Unfortunately, adaptation on its on isn't doable. It takes ending the use of fossil fuels, which are the main cause of the warming, to make adaptation affordable.

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Climatisation in an extreme heatwave is as much a human right for all people as heating during a extreme cold snap. Period.

There is no dilemma "AC or climate action". Both are necessary.

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 1 points 4 days ago

There's a difference between necessary AC and unnecessary AC. How do you find it?

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

You can't. But I don't care about personal responsibility type morality politics. The answer is to increase renewables and battery capacity to not have to care.

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.vg 1 points 3 days ago

Not caring is how we got into this deadly mess. It seems that you also don't know what thermal pollution is.

[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

I looked it up. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with AC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_pollution it's about the effect of industrial and urban wastewater on bodies of water. How is that relevant to the discussion?

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