NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE M yth: This year’s hot temperatures show that fossil fuels are already making Earth unlivably hot.

Truth: This year’s hot temperatures are part of a slow warming trend on a planet where far more people die from cold than from heat, and where we need fossil fuels to protect us from both.

The myth of an overheated planet is destroyed with four facts:

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<li>Cold-related deaths &gt; heat-related deaths</li>
<li>Earth is warming slowly, and less in warm places</li>
<li>Fossil fuels make us safer from dangerous temperatures</li>
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<li>Anti-fossil-fuel policies increase the danger from cold and heat</li>

This post originally <a href="https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-an-overheated-planet?utm_source=profile&amp;utm_medium=reader2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> on the Substack Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein.

This year’s hot temperatures are part of a slow warming trend on a planet where far more people die from cold than from heat.{ai:summary}This article challenges the myth that fossil fuels are causing the Earth to become unlivably hot. It argues that cold-related deaths outweigh heat-related deaths and that fossil fuels actually protect us from dangerous temperatures. The author criticizes the portrayal of warming temperatures as a major threat and advocates for the consideration of the benefits of fossil fuels in temperature-mastery. #climatechange

The Myth of an Overheated Planet

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