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    Tra il 2000 e il 2019, una media di 83.000 europei occidentali ha perso la vita ogni anno a seguito di un calore estremo, rispetto a 20.000 nordamericani

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    2. lepzig_warrior500yes on

      Thanks to global warming, people in the northern areas of Europe aren’t used to that heat wave, so they’re obviously going to be more sensitive 

    3. Sweet_Rub826 on

      I mean, LARGE majority of the population doesn’t drink anywhere NEAR enough water, ever. That’s especially more important during heat.

    4. PlebbitCorpoOverlord on

      would’ve been better to use the same city as the blue baseline. Imo.

    5. ardavei on

      Well duh, Europe has a ton more old people compared to the US. Because healthcare is a lot better, people survive to the age where they are vulnerable to extreme weather.

    6. Hungry_Orange666 on

      If majority of this deaths was retirement age people, it’s actually helping European economies. 

    7. 29NeiboltSt on

      It’s getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes.

    8. MajorNo6860 on

      There is multiple problems with that statistics and with such simplistic views:
      – Are these cities even comparable? Like, do they have the same amount of heat days? Depending on where in Europe, there is week and month long heat waves where temperatures rise >35°C

      – Large parts of europe get considerably hotter than the US. Europe has been the fastest warming continent due to climate change.

      – Are old people also considered in this statistics? They are much more prone to heat related deaths.

      – **Also:** Large adoption of AC = more climate emissions = hotter climate – and you’re also not helping ANY people who actually work outside during this hot weather which I think will probably amount to quitea considerable amount of heat deaths

    10. TheSecondTraitor on

      Isn’t it more that Americans in those areas are more used to that heat? Does everyone especially the most vulnerable ones in LA really have air conditioning? That stuff is expensive and I always saw it as a luxury item. Although it’s true that for someone in the Bay area with local salaries that sum is probably like for me buying a new phone.

    11. Rutakate97 on

      Source: A paper from 2004. In other words, 2004-2019 is just a projection.

      Also, where are the pixels?

    12. augustus331 on

      Now compare with Amsterdam, Kopenhagen, Groningen, Stockholm, Malmö

    13. BissQuote on

      The figure seems misleading. It’s not the mortality vs temperature, it’s the relative increase in mortality. So it’s unclear if the mortality is overall lower in US cities, or if it’s higher but constant with respect to temperature

    14. P_Kru on

      I have never, ever known anyone who died from heat.

      I have seen and known deaths of all kinds and NEVER EVER DUE TO HEAT.

    15. athe085 on

      Two factors I guess:

      1. Older population in Europe than NA

      2. Less AC equipment in Europe than NA

    16. Fuzzy_Imagination705 on

      What of the Americans who are shot in school and never reach the age to die as the result of extreme heat?

    17. zsomboro on

      Did you just delete your previous post and republished it because your were called out for the bad data?

      Because I’ve seen this graph posted already today by someone else who had an Ireland flair.

      Showing graphs for a date period betwee 2000 and **2019**, while your data is from **2004** is peak cherrypicking.

      This post is super misleading.

    19. AdventurousLook3555 on

      The biggest polluter but the least consequences… I just love justice

    20. Similar-Truth7391 on

      If you don’t have AC in this day and age it’s basically natural selection at this point.

    22. TheProuDog on

      How do people in Europe die of heat out of all the places?? Europe is not even that hot, and you guys are rich wtf how can heat kill you

    23. Zschwaihilii_V2 on

      Maybe if air conditioning was more prevalent this wouldn’t be as high. AHEM, Germany

    24. Incvbvs666 on

      We still have an absolutely idiotic culture in Europe to not view heat as a hazard and to view any use of the AC as a ‘weakness.’

      No, in the summer using the AC is not a ‘weakness’ let alone a ‘luxury’, it’s a necessity!

      For a start, it should be in all hospitals, all public buildings, all forms of transport. It should especially be omnipresent in retirement homes, no matter how much someone complains of the cold. Better to be cold than dead.

      We need a drastic re-adjustment on how we deal with exteme heat in Europe.

    25. Dismal-Shopping523 on

      Once they get a disease and need to do urgent operations, poor families can’t get the healthcare insurance funds , they can’t afford it. I think here is one of the reasons

    26. lawrotzr on

      Sssssst. Haven’t you heard? Climate change doesn’t exist any more, because it’s WOKE.

      And everyone is actually secretly happy with that, as it’s a fundamental right to emit 15% of the world’s average annual carbon emission per capita to lie next to a swimming pool on the Canary Islands for a few days. And to go on a Heavy Fuel Oil facilitated Cruise, because you’ve worked so hard for it. And to eat 75 kilo of meat per person because veggies is vegan and vegan is WOKE.

      And then as soon as someone says something about it, you say: “what about China/India/etc”.

      We’re living in the movie Don’t Look Up now. Let’s hope that the end of it will be as quick and swift as the end of the movie.

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