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"We find that #India could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that cross the survivability limit for a healthy human being resting in the shade, & this could occur as early as next decade."
mckinsey.com/business-funct…
mckinsey.com/business-funct…
yet:
"The massive growth of #data centers that began in the US is now standard in Europe, w/ hyperscale data centers now expanding into #SouthAsia where average yr round temps for the humid region hover around 27°C."
(But they care about your health.)
wrongkindofgreen.org/2020/10/28/its…
"The massive growth of #data centers that began in the US is now standard in Europe, w/ hyperscale data centers now expanding into #SouthAsia where average yr round temps for the humid region hover around 27°C."
(But they care about your health.)
wrongkindofgreen.org/2020/10/28/its…
N. India has historically exhibited some of world’s hottest wet-bulb temps. According to scientific lit.: "35° wet-bulb temp. is commonly regarded as [] limit for human survival. At 35°C wet-bulb a healthy human being can survive, resting in the shade, for approx. five hours."
Dec 9, 2020: "Human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass... human-made mass – driven mostly by enhanced consumption & urban development – exceeds the overall living biomass on Earth."
#IndustrialCiv #Capitalism "Green" #Growth #GND
theguardian.com/environment/20…
#IndustrialCiv #Capitalism "Green" #Growth #GND
theguardian.com/environment/20…
"On average, every person in the world is responsible for the creation of human-made matter equal to more than their bodyweight each week, the paper published in Nature says."
This is poor (perhaps deliberate) framing.
Remember:
This is poor (perhaps deliberate) framing.
Remember:
