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Over a billion people struggle to stay cool as Earth warms

Heat stress linked to climate change likely to cause 38,000 extra deaths a year

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Jul 16, 2018 12:59 AM ET | Last Updated: July 16

More than a billion people are at risk from a lack of air conditioning and refrigeration to keep them cool and to preserve food and medicines as global warming brings more high temperatures, a study showed on Monday.

More electricity demand for fridges, fans and other appliances will add to man-made climate change unless power generators shift from fossil fuels to cleaner energies, according to the report by the non-profit Sustainable Energy for All group.

About 1.1 billion people in Asia, Africa and Latin America — 470 million in rural areas and 630 million slum dwellers in cities — were at risk among the world's 7.6 billion people, it said.

"Cooling becomes more and more important" with climate change, Rachel Kyte, head of the group and special representative for the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, told Reuters.

Simple solutions would help

In a survey of 52 countries, those most at risk included India, China, Mozambique, Sudan, Nigeria, Brazil, Pakistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh, it said.

"We have to provide cooling in a super-efficient way," Kyte said.

Companies could find big markets, for instance by developing low-cost, high-efficiency air conditioners to sell to growing middle classes in tropical countries.

And simpler solutions, such as painting roofs white to reflect sunlight or redesigning buildings to allow heat to escape, would also help.

38,000 extra deaths a year

The UN's health agency says that heat stress linked to climate change is likely to cause 38,000 extra deaths a year worldwide between 2030 and 2050.

In a heat wave in May, more than 60 people died in Karachi, Pakistan, when heat rose above 40 C.

In remote areas in tropical countries, many people lack electricity and clinics are often unable to store vaccines or medicines that need to be chilled, the study said. And in city slums, electricity supplies are often intermittent.

Many farmers or fishermen, meanwhile, lack access to a "cold chain" to preserve and transport products to markets. Fresh fish goes off within hours if stored at 30 C, but stays fresh for days when chilled.

Last week, a study by the University of Birmingham in Britain projected that the number of cooling appliances could quadruple by 2050 to 14 billion worldwide, driving a surge in energy consumption.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/global-warming-risks-1.4748225
 

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Cooling was never an essential need until the advent
of fans and air-conditioners. Folks in Africa and Asia will
survive switching back to hand fans.
 

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Actually refrigeration and air conditioning just add to the global warming problem. Even if the electricity to operate these units comes from 'green' energy the units themselves produce a lot of heat and as you transfer heat from the inside to the outside, you just increase the outside temperature.
 

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Cooling was never an essential need until the advent
of fans and air-conditioners. Folks in Africa and Asia will
survive switching back to hand fans.
So will we.
 

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Actually refrigeration and air conditioning just add to the global warming problem. Even if the electricity to operate these units comes from 'green' energy the units themselves produce a lot of heat and as you transfer heat from the inside to the outside, you just increase the outside temperature.
They don't actually generate any significant amount of new heat; the fridge just moves the heat out of your meat and veggies into the rest of the house. And the AC moves it out of the house to the sweltering outdoors while blowing the newly-cooled air back in. The bit of mechanical friction involved is the only heat 'produced'.
 

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HAHAHA!!!! SERIOUSLY????

I just looked at the temp averages and historic values on the weather network and it showed that we are exactly on par with historic values!!

Fuck off with your fear mongering!

A lot of money to be made selling carbon credits. All of which wont solve anything.

Carbon credits allow factories to pollute but for a price. ITS STILL POLLUTING!!


Grow the fuck up!
 

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They don't actually generate any significant amount of new heat; the fridge just moves the heat out of your meat and veggies into the rest of the house. And the AC moves it out of the house to the sweltering outdoors while blowing the newly-cooled air back in. The bit of mechanical friction involved is the only heat 'produced'.
Actually in the transformation of energy, all lost energy ends up as heat. They have gotten significantly more efficient over the years but that 100% efficiency is still a way off (and impossible), especially as the temperature difference between outside and the fridge increase. Add in the energy loss in production and transmission of electricity and yes, the generated heat does add up.

But of course there is no such thing as Global Warming. The Supreme Leader told us it was a conspiracy cooked up by China.
 

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Next February over a billion people will struggle to stay warm as the Earth cools.
 

Frankfooter

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Next February over a billion people will struggle to stay warm as the Earth cools.
Quite the prediction, but I assume you're only talking about half the planet.
Or is your thinking only half assed?
 

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1. Define the “correct” temperature range for the planet.

2. Define the “correct” humidity range for the planet.

3. Define the “correct” mean sea level for the planet’

4. Define the “correct” amount of precipitation for the planet.

5. Define the “correct” makeup of the atmosphere.

6. Define the “correct” amount of sea ice at the N/S poles.

7. Define/explain past glaciation and subsequent warming without any input from humans.
 

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1. Define the “correct” temperature range for the planet.

2. Define the “correct” humidity range for the planet.

3. Define the “correct” mean sea level for the planet’

4. Define the “correct” amount of precipitation for the planet.

5. Define the “correct” makeup of the atmosphere.

6. Define the “correct” amount of sea ice at the N/S poles.

7. Define/explain past glaciation and subsequent warming without any input from humans.
Easy. The range that allows our current society to function. The Earth will survive even if we are left fighting for water and gas in the Thunderdome.
 

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1. Define the “correct” temperature range for the planet.

2. Define the “correct” humidity range for the planet.

3. Define the “correct” mean sea level for the planet’

4. Define the “correct” amount of precipitation for the planet.

5. Define the “correct” makeup of the atmosphere.

6. Define the “correct” amount of sea ice at the N/S poles.

7. Define/explain past glaciation and subsequent warming without any input from humans.
Wait. My memory's foggy on this, but wasn't there some kind of wager made between two TERB members about global temperatures? Nah, I'm sure I would have heard more about that if so.
 

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Wait. My memory's foggy on this, but wasn't there some kind of wager made between two TERB members about global temperatures? Nah, I'm sure I would have heard more about that if so.
Oh boy, here we go again.
 

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There are currently forest fires out of control in Sweden near the Arctic Circle. That's never happened before.

Climate change is one of the main reasons for African mass migration into Europe. Italy has a bad problem that the rest of the EU aren't cooperating on. And it's only going to get much worse.

http://time.com/4024210/climate-change-migrants/
 

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HAHAHA!!!! SERIOUSLY????

I just looked at the temp averages and historic values on the weather network and it showed that we are exactly on par with historic values!!

Fuck off with your fear mongering!

A lot of money to be made selling carbon credits. All of which wont solve anything.

Carbon credits allow factories to pollute but for a price. ITS STILL POLLUTING!!


Grow the fuck up!



I agree... It all bullshit global warming!! It all fear mongering too!
Look at how they measure temperature!!

Yes, there's "record heat" thanks to the nonsensical way we measure temperatures.

Mann-Made Warming






See below post pictures!! Post #17

Now tell me what wrong with below picture on placement of temperature station!!
Always it is so fuck up !!
 

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Measurement Bias?
You bet

Here is the official weather station at the airport in Rome. I wondering the Pope have seen this?
 

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Yes, the Burkbank weather station is virtually surrounded by asphalt runways, taxiways, and aircraft parking ramps. The likelihood for the station to get in the middle of a 400F jetwash is almost a certainty, being so close to taxiways with turns. This is a ridiculous place to measure for high temperatures.


Heat Islands
NASA notes Satellites Pinpoint Drivers of Urban Heat Islands in the Northeast.
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/heat-island-sprawl.html


Cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston are prominent centers of political power. Less known: Their size, background ecology, and development patterns also combine to make them unusually warm, according to NASA scientists who presented new research recently at an American Geophysical Union (AGU) meeting in San Francisco, Calif.

Summer land surface temperature of cities in the Northeast were an average of 7 °C to 9 °C (13°F to 16 °F) warmer than surrounding rural areas over a three year period, the new research shows. The complex phenomenon that drives up temperatures is called the urban heat island effect.


Measurement Bias?
You bet

Reporting Bias?
You bet!!
 

basketcase

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I agree... It all bullshit global warming!! It all fear mongering too!
Look at how they measure temperature!!
...
If they have been measuring temperature the same way for the past few decades, why are the temperatures only hitting records now?

You must have forgotten in the other thread to respond to my question.
 
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