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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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[–] gewindestift@feddit.org 1 points 18 hours ago

Sorry i didn't read carefully enough. Thanks for pointing that out. So there's a huge difference between the UK "national rail" and the US "commuter rail" in carbon emission (35g vs 214g per km, which is not so great again*). I guess this is because the US rail is much less electrified and runs mostly on diesel. Also a national rail train will stop less (and have to accelerate again) than a commuter train.

As i mentioned in another post in this thread a round trip transatlantic flight is almost a full year of what one person can emit (if we share it equally) to limit the warning to 1.5°C.

What breaking this limit means is easy accessible information. (No its not the apocalypse but is is shit)

*sorry couldn't resist