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India shuts schools as Delhi sizzles at 47°C

www.channelnewsasia.com India shuts schools as Delhi sizzles at 47°C

NEW DELHI: Indian authorities in the capital have ordered schools shut early for the summer holiday after temperatures hit 47.4 degrees Celsius with Delhi gripped by a "severe heatwave". Delhi city officials asked schools to shut with "immediate effect" due to the blistering heat, according to a gov...

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India shuts schools as Delhi sizzles at 47°C

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India shuts schools as Delhi sizzles at 47°C

www.channelnewsasia.com /asia/india-new-delhi-shuts-school-early-summer-holiday-temperatures-soar-4351506

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Yet when discussing this online, many Indians are adamant that they don't have to espouse green tech because "the West reaped the benefits of fossil fuels before, it's only fair others got their turn".
- Some of us are idiots. What we should be saying is that the West helps developing nations to achieve the benefits they had in past with modern green technology.
  
  The west don't give two shits, they're still lobbying against green tech in their own countries.
  
  I wish. But it won't happen, so...
- Much of the West is north of Tallahassee, Florida: Delhi isn't.
  
  Why would they want to help turn their country into a sauna when they don't have to?
That's 116.6°F, and apparently Delhi is about twice the size and population of NYC.

wp:Delhi

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