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The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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[-] traveler01@lemmy.world 90 points 1 year ago

We thank people who disregarded nuclear energy. We could've sliced global emissions by a lot if were not for you, but burning coal is far safer.

[-] geissi@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago

That's a false dichotomy. There are more power sources than coal and nuclear.
Also electricity generation is not the only source of emissions. Car traffic, cruise ships, aiplanes, all need to be reduced and can't just be replaced by nuclear power.

[-] pulsereaction@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Just make nuclear powered cruise ships, easy.

/s

[-] traveler01@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

As far as I know there are some military ships powered by nuclear energy.

[-] mephiska@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Many Navy ships are nuclear powered. Aircraft carriers have multiple nuclear reactors, submarines are nuclear powered, and many cruisers are nuclear. There's also a lot of nuclear powered icebreakers.

[-] Feirdro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They made exactly one nuke-powered cruise ship. It never made money.

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