Daily Episode 197 - European Heat Deaths in the Thousands
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Why does Corey ask new listeners to start with the first episodes?
Hey, Corey here. We've had an influx of new listeners, and so I just want to make sure that if you are new to the podcast, you don't just jump in and start listening to these daily episodes which we've been doing. Please go back and listen to the first at least eight episodes so you have an idea of what collapse is, what it is that Corey is talking about. Also, if you've been with us for a while and you're enjoying the content, please join us on Patreon. We would love to see you there. There's a link, as always, in the description. Hello, happy Monday. I hope you enjoyed your weekend. For those of you in the US, hopefully your work gave you a long holiday. I'm recording this on Friday, and so I don't really know how the holiday weekend went yet.
But I can tell you one thing I'm concerned about is fires due to fireworks. Many places have restricted or banned the use of fireworks, especially out here in the West, just simply due to dry conditions, red flag warnings. and an increase in fires that are going on. We'll talk about those fires here in a little bit later on in the episode. And, you know, I'm hoping that you listening to this on Monday or Tuesday or whenever you're listening, that you'll be able to say, we made it through the weekend, Corey. There were no new fires due to negligence of firework usage. It seems like that's probably not going to be the case, but we can hope. All right, jumping in, I do want to talk about heat today. Um I didn't really talk about any updates last week to the heat waves in Europe.
We're now just entering July. Things are much hotter than they should be, especially for this time of year. Yes, we are starting to get into those. More peak summer months, or at least we're hitting close. End of July, August is when you would typically expect to see the hottest temperatures, but we're breaking records. Just five days ago, an article was released from Politico titled About 1,000 Deaths in France Attributable to Heat Wave. That was over the course of just a few days. They had counted a thousand excess deaths. But now, five days later, this is as of today, again Friday. It says France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heat wave as Europe braces for more extreme weather. So in just five more days, that number doubled from 1,000 to 2,000.
How many excess deaths have been reported in France during the current heat wave?
And as long as this heat persists, then the number of deaths will likely increase as well. And there's even potential for those deaths to increase at a nonlinear rate because the length of a heat wave. Wave can make a huge difference because the body over time doesn't have the chance to recover. If people are suffering day in and day out, with no air conditioning, no chance for their body to cool down enough at night, those problems can stack on top of each other or on top of themselves or the over the course of those weeks. And so I do expect if this heat stays up that we'll continue to see more deaths from it. Some of the conversation Around this heat and these excess deaths revolves around who is dying.
Typically, this is going to be elderly folks, maybe those with pre-existing conditions, people who are already sick. And it's going to trend more towards folks who can't afford to stay cool, whether that be through air conditioning, leaving the country or area, and getting to somewhere more cool. And the point of that is to say, do God. Governments really prioritize those people? Are they really concerned about the deaths of those people? I completely disagree with this sentiment, but some people say that the sentiment is that these people are not contributing to society, right? At least to the economy. They might be ones that are needing government help, that are pulling from the safety nets, from pests.
Tensions in the US from Social Security. So to an elite or to you know a capitalist, are they going to go out of their way to care about and make extra efforts to save these people? It's unfortunate to have to consider that this is not being looked at from a human standpoint, from you know, for the sake of people and helping people, but for the sake of what does it mean to the economy?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why does Corey ask new listeners to start with the first episodes?
0:00–2:10
2
How many excess deaths have been reported in France during the current heat wave?
2:10–5:42
3
Which age groups and socioeconomic groups are most affected by the European heat deaths?
5:42–10:32
4
How is the rapid rise in French air‑conditioning use influencing energy demand?
10:32–16:49
5
Why do climate models miss critical feedbacks like permafrost melt and wildfire emissions?
16:49–16:49