Death toll from heat at hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia passes 900
Death toll from heat at hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia passes 900
Temperatures hit 51.8°C in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Monday, as 1.8 million people took part in the annual pilgrimage.
OK, so hear me out. The Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Since the Hajj is now becoming dangerous for the faithful because of climate change, that means that the Saudi king needs to act to protect the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques. I.e., the Saudi king has a religious responsibility to act on climate change, by clamping down on CO2 emissions and curtailing hydrocarbons extraction. It's the will of Allah, man.
what's that? they couldn't hear you over the sound of money
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Dibs on holy jihad to end climate change
Anti-fossil fuel butlerians?
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Climate change is a real jihad for sure
At least in what they say they certainly recognize this. The middle East as a whole talks about climate change much more than the US in my experience, mostly because to them it is an actual existential threat. Money is money so I'm sure they'll keep extracting oil while it makes money, but every single middle Eastern economy's goal has been to diversify from oil for many decades now.
Large mirror arrays to send the heat back into space instead of onto the pilgrims
Or he just installs water-fountains
That's 125.24°F. The yeast in your bread is now dead, and your steak is rare.
I……. Don’t like this information ☹️
Seems like about 1,000 humans are rare too.
If it’s for a religious event, is it not part of gods plan?
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Not dead, "received an unexpected early heavenly reward". And if it was catholics or protestants, same. If it was hindu's they'd have prematurely transcended. Pastafarians? Over cooked. All religions are risible!
That's a sad ending for pastafarians
Think of the worshippers of fine carpentry, who drink sacramental varnish. A horrible end. But a lovely finish.
There is a certain poetic justice in Saudi Arabia becoming uninhabitable as a direct result of all the dinosaur juice they dug out from under it.
Although as usual the people responsible will feel no effect as they sit in air conditioned palaces, grifting even more money to try and build a pointlessly long, tall and narrow city.
keep in mind that the Hajj can be a pretty grueling rite even before adding in extreme heat
Not long before they install sealed, air-conditioned walkways for the well-off.
The others... well, best of luck.
have you seen even pictures of the Grand mosque? I have no doubt that what you described already exists....
This is still in the works: https://kasifiz.com/english/abraj-kudai-the-rising-giant-the-worlds-largest-hotel/
should switch to midnight services maybe
Nobody wants to chill anymore