this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
358 points (94.1% liked)

World News

32311 readers
715 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

It's official, red alerts have gone out across the entire country of Brazil as the heat index hits 137F. The high temperature combined with humidity has made it impossible for most people to carry out their normal lives. There's already reports of power outages. People can't work. They can't run errands. They can barely sleep. It's not even summer there yet.

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They actually said this would happen.

And yet, we go directly to our graves.

It seems we want to be dead.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 8 points 1 year ago

It's a prisoner's dilemma; you'll be dead even faster if you're the first to fight back.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Look to the people who said this. They are calling for revolution, I think we have to start seriously organizing for it this time.

[–] F_Haxhausen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was talking about scientists saying that climate change will heat up the planet.

Scientists told us long ago that we need to cut fossil fuels or the planet would heat up. And now it has.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

a lot of them are pointing to the field of sociology for solutions now

[–] mihies@kbin.social 50 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah, let's burn some more rain forest and see whether it helps.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

It definitely doesn't help but it's not the reason either

[–] Pretzilla@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That graph has nothing to do with sequester rates, which is what forests are about.

Forests are a big part of the issue and we need to preserve them.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Damn, sounds like people should consume less of the soy, meat and minerals produced in that area.

By the way, do you happen to know what happened to the 400 million acres in Europe and 300 million acres in the US that used to be forest in the 1800s?

[–] TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep, climate change was super well known then too, fantastic point 👍

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Very convenient for those countries that they get to keep all the economic benefit from deforestation and be among the biggest emitters while the people doing what they also did get snide comments implying they deserve to live in conditions unsuitable for humans because of the evils they're doing

[–] Rosco@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What do you propose then? Make European countries accoutable for mistakes made 200 years ago? Even though most of them are doing really well to transition into green energy? What would that accomplish, exactly?

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That would be a good first step, yes.

[–] FreshProduceAndShit@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

tax them, distribute the money to the global south. Less disposable income means less consumption, and those funds can be put to use building a green economy in the developing world.

[–] TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

No one on this planet currently had anything to do with any of this, we actually live in year 2023 where we know the consequences of those decisions so why the does that mean we can should make the same mistakes they made hundreds of years ago…they didn’t know any better, we do so we have to do better. Is that fair? No. Is that the hand we were dealt? Unfortunately yes.

We can either whine and justify doing the same shit over and over or we can be better and utilize the knowledge we now have and a choose a more responsible route.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

What is extremely sad is that Brazil has relatively very low emission and consumption rates

The rich dicks around, the poor pays the price

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Per capital sucks for these stats but the rainforest isn’t about contributing CO2 it’s about capturing it

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bloody Africa, not providing any data.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

And who knows what Greenland's up too 🤨

[–] Xyloph@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Burn forest, plant fields, too hot for fields, .. ., no profits!

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

World News

Brazil

Still uses F first

Wat

[–] Pulptastic@midwest.social 7 points 1 year ago

Royal Society fellow Daniel Fahrenheit consents to the use of his preluding temperature scale.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fucking Murika making shit harder for everyone

[–] dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah like I don't know how many swimming pools worth of heat it is

[–] qooqie@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What the fuck? I didn’t realize Brazil was going full oven mode

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That can be as low as 34C, with 90% humidity. I'm not trying to make it less of a problem, just trying to tune the clickbait down from 11.

Fuck humidity though. I can't stand it.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] deafboy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Ok, 42.5 I wouldn't personally survive in any humidity. My suffering season starts when it hits 28 outside.

[–] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Coming from a place that sees -40c to +40c almost every year, I can confirm this is not clickbait

Shit I worked with a guy from Oklahoma and mid August we were working near Toronto (Ontario) and he couldn't take the heat and it was only 30 without the humidity.

That shit ain't no joke

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

As someone who feels 34 is as hot as I can handle it and it only qualifies if there is a fuckton of humidity Ill take the bait.

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

All hail market capitalism!

Turns out muh free market IS the solution to all human crises.

Can't have human crises without humans, after all.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks for the comment. It said everything I think and I won't have to rewrite the same thing.

[–] DieguiTux8623@feddit.it 12 points 1 year ago

Human blood should start cooking at 60°C if I remember well.

[–] mino@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

How the fuck did this article go from heat in Brazil to long covid research without any fucking bridge 🥲

I mean, I somewhat agree with the points its making and I'm heavily doubting the validity. When someone is not willing to further their own confirmation bias you really need to start asking questions.

[–] interceder270@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Seems like a load of bullshit. This is the only article about it, and it's from... okdoomer.io?

Lol. Where are the mods?

Oh. This is the smaller world news. My bad.

[–] anzich@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Anyone read Ministry of the Future

load more comments
view more: next ›