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The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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[-] queermunist@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

The COVID pandemic makes me their plan is to turn New Zealand into a bunker nation and leave us all to die.

[-] MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

Like, just the billionaires on an island? Who will do all the labor required to maintain their lifestyle? Because they sure as he'll aren't. To paraphrase Pratchett, it takes a hundred people standing in the mud to keep one person with their head in the clouds.

[-] gorgor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Who is this Pratchett character? Sounds like a righteous bloke lol

[-] MrTulip@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

Terry Pratchett, author best known for the Discworld series of novels.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

There's an island full of laborers already in New Zealand. The COVID response showed that they were willing to protect people already living there, so their response to climate change will be the same.

[-] seejur@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I think that if they manage to fuck over the whole world, there is no amount of money and bunkers that can save them from the angry mob

[-] BillyZane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Watch the show Silo. They’ll find a way. The books are good too.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There is no such thing as a semtex-proof bunker.

[-] masquenox@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Too bad the security they will hire to keep their bunkers safe will quickly figure out that the money they are being paid isn't worth anything any more... they will probably point us over to the air vents when we show up with the cement trucks.

[-] diskmaster23@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Eh, ring of fire will get them

[-] queermunist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Probably.

Billionaires seem to think nature is irrelevant. See: Elon Musk and his Mars fetish lol

[-] MrsDoyle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

This exactly. One of the reasons I left NZ was a fear of earthquakes. My dozen Christchurch rellies all living in the least damaged house, with a bucket in the garage as their toilet, just confirmed for me that I'd made the right choice.

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