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Satelitte images gif showing the exceptional drough this summer in France (and around) compared to the past two years. (jlai.lu)
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Sources: Météo France and https://www.franceinfo.fr/environnement/evenements-meteorologiques-extremes/secheresse/visualisez-la-secheresse-exceptionnelle-de-l-ete-2026-par-rapport-aux-annees-precedentes_8145884.html

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[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

That was my first reaction but then I thought about it a bit longer and realized that it's not reasonable to compare a local bus ride that stops and starts every other junction, with a transatlantic flight.

The long distance buses are listed there at 27g, which is a shade over 1/10th of a domestic flight.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

Huh, you're right. I was looking at "Bus (average)", thinking the regular local bus was represented by "Bus (local London)".