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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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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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