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'Unprecedented heat': Iran begins two-day nationwide shutdown amid soaring temperatures (www.cnbc.com)

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The two-day shutdown comes at a time of record-breaking extreme heat across the globe, with July poised to be the hottest month in history.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Citation needed.. tires are a problem, but gasoline is farm worse pollution overall. Unless you cherry pick pollutant.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I believe most of the microplastics that are in everything we consume come from car tires. So probably less a climate change problem, but still an issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I did not know that. I wonder how much that attempted tire reef fuck up contributed to microplastics in the ocean and therefore our seafood.