The CBC reports:
If carbon dioxide emissions continue at their current pace, by the end of century parts of the Persian Gulf will sometimes be just too hot for the human body to tolerate, a new study says.
How hot? The heat index — which combines heat and humidity — may hit 74 to 77 C (165 to 170 degrees Fahrenheit) for at least six hours, according to numerous computer simulations in the new study. That's so hot that the human body can't get rid of heat. The elderly and ill are hurt most by current heat waves, but the future is expected to be so hot that healthy, fit people would be endangered, health experts say.
Also covered at phys.org. An abstract (with figures) is available; full article is pay-walled.
(Score: 2) by turgid on Thursday October 29 2015, @10:29AM
Some Western countries still have the Death Penalty, and in some cases it is administered by questionable cocktails of chemicals which cause many minutes (over an hour) of torment to the victim. I'm not sure being beheaded in a single swipe by a sharp sword is so bad in comparison.
Now we could argue about who gets murdered by the state and for what definition of "crime" and to what standard of proof, but in the West it's usually poor, under-educated black people who are often mentally ill.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 29 2015, @10:44AM
We could also argue quanitity. I believe that more people die in chop chop than in all of the US, and probably all of the western world. To lazy to try finding numbers, it would take a good bit of digging.