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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.

[-] Widowmaker_Best_Girl@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

Thank the good old Green Party of Germany! Restarting all those coal plants and shutting down nuclear reactors!

[-] Regelfall@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, I'll take a source for this one. Coal power generation has not increased in Germany whereas the Green party's policies in 1998 led to the first large scale deployment of solar energy in the world.

[-] tlf@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Well they were in a position to do something about that but held against keeping the reactors running, https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/akw-streit-105.html. If I remember correctly getting them into a normal running condition was unfeasible either way.

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