The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists. The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction. It comes as the southern US and China have been hit by heatwaves, while temperatures in North Africa have neared 50C (122F).

The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

  • queermunist@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Our contribution is miniscule compared to our enemies, and we only contribute what we have to because they sabotaged all alternatives! They killed public transportation, they made neighborhoods and cities unwalkable, they turned cyclists (like me!) into 2nd class citizens of the road, and more.

    I’d sell my car if I could. I can’t and it’s their fuckin fault!

    We are not the same as them. They are the enemy and they must be stopped before they kill us all.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 year ago

      But is our contribution minuscule compared to theirs? Like let’s say one man sells (an equal amount of) gasoline to a thousand people. Is that one man now contributing 1000x more to greenhouse gas emissions than any one of those people?

      Does a given unit of carbon emission get counted multiple times at each step of the production chain from extraction to emission?

      Like if 1 lb of carbon is extracted as crude oil, and then that 1 lb is involved in say five monetary transactions, with the processing followed by the eventual consumption and release into the atmosphere, does each person in that chain now have a carbon footprint that increases by one pound?