World News @lemmy.ml stopthatgirl7 @kbin.social 12mo ago

'Unprecedented heat': Iran begins two-day nationwide shutdown amid soaring temperatures

www.cnbc.com 'Unprecedented heat': Iran begins two-day nationwide shutdown amid soaring temperatures

The two-day shutdown comes at a time of record-breaking extreme heat across the globe, with July poised to be the hottest month in history.

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What do they mean “poised to be?” Its august 2nd.
- I'd imagine official verification and so forth is yet to come.
  
  And August could be hotter.
This is a climate catastrophe! If you still drive a petrol car, you are the problem! Those poor Iranians…
- Stop putting the blame on the individual when corporations easily account for over 70% of global emissions and pollution. My gas powered car isn't gonna change shit.
  
  This guy is a gigantic troll, look at his profile.
  
  Your gas guzzler was manufactured by a big corporation. You chose to buy it and keep polluting with it.
- You're trolling, right? Can't possibly be this delusional...
  
  It appears, the username, does check out.
  
  Unbelievable. The data is right in front of you. Not hard to analyze. You don’t need to process high temperatures!
- Big yikes. As long as the grid that you plug your EVs into is based off of fossil fuels, you're not solving anything.
  
  My grid is based off of wind. Yours could be too. Demand it, importantly demand the laws that allow it be built . Many areas have outlawed them, or may as well because of all the red tape. They are standard these days and so permits should be shall issue in request for a standard design.
- I switched to paper straws so I think that makes me carbon neutral now.
  
  Great! Every bit helps!
- Good point, I'll just commute 2 hours both ways by bike then. Thanks for your contribution. /s
  
  Yes, thank you for doing your part. Stick to bike paths when available. As another user pointed out, cars also contribute to local air pollution with brake dust and microplastics from the four big tires.
- I’m not going to have kids so I feel like I can drive whatever because my carbon footprint ends with me. I’m also fairly fatalistic about climate change. Humans are too stupid to stop it and when enough of us die the problem will solve itself.
  
  The main culprits are the big oil companies. They made the carbon footprint term to make us feel guilty and shift the blame from the biggest polluters.
  
  I don't get the fatalist viewpoint. Yeah, a lot of people are actively resisting change for one reason or another. But at the same time, there has been progress towards the necessary goals. Civilization will end up worse off than without climate change, but we're not going to be thrown back into the Stone Age or anything.
- Most pollution from cars comes from the tires, not the gas burning. If you drive any car at all, you're the problem
  
  Citation needed.. tires are a problem, but gasoline is farm worse pollution overall. Unless you cherry pick pollutant.

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