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'Unprecedented heat': Iran begins two-day nationwide shutdown amid soaring temperatures (www.cnbc.com)

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The two-day shutdown comes at a time of record-breaking extreme heat across the globe, with July poised to be the hottest month in history.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The main culprits are the big oil companies. They made the carbon footprint term to make us feel guilty and shift the blame from the biggest polluters.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The main culprit is likely the US military, except that they don't allow themselves to be monitored.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aren't there really any numbers on this? I'd really like to know how aircraft carriers and container ships and other vehicles compare

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's the point. There aren't any numbers because the military does not allow oversight.

Look at this shit about the Abrams Tank and consider that armor is a small part of our military

The M1 Abrams tank has a fuel economy of 0.6 miles per gallon. Variants of the Abrams tank weigh between 60 and 70 tons and are powered by a 1,500-horsepower turbine engine. An armored division of the Army can use as much as 600,000 gallons of fuel a day. A cargo vehicle like the M-1070 semi-trailer (designed to haul tanks) gets approximately 1.2 mpg. The M1 Abrams tank consumes about 60 gallons per hour while traveling long distances and can travel approximately 250-300 miles on a single gas tank.

This doesn't even take into account active devastation caused by munitions testing

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Indeed they corrupted the narrative to avoid blame, to maintain profits.

But who are they selling the oil to? Us.

We are all sinners in this

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All sinners, yep. Cool story buddy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I said in the first place that the companies hid the impact of pollution to maintain profits so fuck off with that.

Do you think oil companies just make the oil products, emit the pollution and pump it back below the surface of the earth?

No. We drove the cars that used it, we used the plastics, we asked for more and more and cheaper and cheaper and they said "sure thing bud 🤑"