Why “heatwaves” is being discussed
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Swiss nuclear plant back online after heatwaves
by leonidasrup · Aug 31, 2026 · 2 points
This is not a good argument. AC is needed every summer for some years now for much of northern europe, the only question is how many days per year. The last heatwave was not in…
by freehorse · Aug 30, 2026
Yeah France got truly fucked over from what I've heard this year. We in Germany only caught the trail of the heatwaves and that already was enough for me, France got fried.
by mschuster91 · Aug 30, 2026
> How could it not be. Plenty of ways. That's what we have science for. For one, why choose 19th century projects when we did millenia of terraforming, mostly by doing away with…
by tpm · Aug 30, 2026
We'll see whether the heatwaves and drought have been forgotten or not in May...
by Iridescent_ · Aug 30, 2026
Any discussion about AC and heatwaves needs to involve the use of web-bulb temperature(which is what the "heat index" comes from), not regular temperature. https://en.…
by krunck · Aug 27, 2026
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