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Unintended consequences of war in Iran are helping the climate (www.abc.net.au)

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The Iran war is turbocharging global electrification. But experts say the global grid needs to roughly double in size, as infrastructure bottlenecks prevent a clean energy revolution.

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[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

What about the millions of people who dies from conflicts and blockades ? Wars also cause a lot of pollution

[–] inari@piefed.zip 7 points 1 day ago

I don't think the article means to say war is all good

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Millions? Seems a pretty big exaggeration.

[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Excess deaths. From sanctions and blockades alone https://progressive.international/wire/2025-08-02-pi-briefing-no-28-38-million-lives/en/

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That's over 50 years. I assumed you meant just from this conflict.

Climate change will also cause tens of millions of deaths over the next few decades fyi