Richard StallmanMedical effects of heat cause tens or hundreds of thousands of deaths per year. Often there is no record that attributes a death to heat. In poor countries, especially, no one is likely to determine that a poor person's death was due to heat.
gary@rms poor countries are going to emit the most co2 going forward - another reason we are locked in to co2 levels rising for the foreseeable future. poor countries can't make the change to renewables due to costs, and how can you shut them down - you really can't, it would destroy their economies, the rich countries are not helping, it is a challenge even for them to convert from fossil fuels and look at the oil companies - record profits #jennifer's diary #bores