WRITTEN BY ALEX EPSTEIN ON JUL 28, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
The Myth Of An Overheated Planet Destroyed By Four Facts
city sun hot baked earthMyth: This year’s hot temperatures show that fossil fuels are already making Earth unlivably hot.
Truth: This year’s hot temperatures are part of a slow warming trend on a planet where far more people die from cold than from heat, and where we need fossil fuels to protect us from both. [some emphasis, links added]
Leading media outlets are portraying this summer’s temperatures as unlivably hot, and offering the rapid adoption of anti-fossil-fuel policies as a solution.
In reality, cold is a far bigger problem than heat—and anti-fossil-fuel policies will make us more endangered by both. 1
https://climatechangedispatch.com/the-myth-of-an-overheated-planet-destroyed-by-four-facts/
