We have air conditioning at home, and the poor in India don't even have electric fans, how can they survive the heat? Since March this year, the heat has continued to spread, India has suffered a rare heat wave, and the World Meteorological Organization and the Indian Meteorological Department continue to issue high temperature warnings.
It's too hard
By May, temperatures in northwestErn India had reached nearly 50 degrees, the highest temperature in 122 years, and nearly 100 people had died of extreme weather. India has truly become a real-life version of the Mountain of Flames, burning 1.5 billion people in India and Pakistan.
People seem to live in a fire, even at 35 degrees at night, as if they are in a steamer basket 24 hours a day. "Hot S people", exaggerated expression in our mouths, but it has become a fact. What does 50 degrees mean?
In India, asphalt roads are sunburned, traffic lines are twisted, and shoes stick to the road when people cross the road. There are many small animal S bodies on the road, there are no insects in sight on the ground, and many birds have been sunburned due to high temperature dehydration.
Not only that, the high temperature has also triggered a series of "chain effects", India because of the heat wave caused by the energy crisis, 70% of India's electricity comes from coal, but under the influence of high temperature coal supply is seriously insufficient, coal prices have risen sharply, the price is far from India can afford, can only pull the gate to limit electricity.
And in just a few days, India has caused nearly 300 fires due to high temperatures, and the terrible riverbed that has dried up has been seen, the drought and lack of water have led to a massive reduction in wheat production, and they have stopped wheat exports.
This high temperature has caused a "devastating" blow to food production.
It has also made India, the dream of increasing india's share of global wheat exports, burned to the ground, and the slogan of "feeding the world" that was once shouted out has now become a problem even feeding its own residents.
What to do
At the same time, the extreme weather of the severe heat wave has put millions of people in India in trouble, and at the same time, this extreme weather has a great impact on the lives of the poor, who have fewer means to cool down and have fewer opportunities to stay away from the heat.
But that could be a "grossly underestimated figure," with nearly 700,000 people reportedly dying each year between 2000 and 2019 from abnormal temperatures. Because of India's economic backwardness, in India because of the gap between rich and poor and the existence of the racial system.
Those who are tied to the grassroots of the general public, not every household has air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, in India air conditioning penetration rate of only 6%, so most people can only fight the heat wave, they have no extra money to cool.
When the temperature is high, they have been rinsing their bodies with cold water, and they can only use the water of the Ganges to cool down day and night, either soaking in the water of the Ganges, or floating on the water on a small raft, and sleeping on the ganges at night. There are popsicles sold in the streets and alleys, and the raw material is naturally ganges water.
Hawkers process it into ice cubes, and sell them with some colors and sweeteners, which are inexpensive and give people who are tormented by the heat a little cool. The relevant departments in India have actively taken some measures, such as sending volunteers to distribute ice water and mobilizing vehicles to supply water to residents.
But far water can not quench the near thirst, these can only alleviate the needs of the moment, is not a long-term solution. Fortunately, the Indians invented a simple version of the water-cooled fan called "straw air conditioning". It is to make a fan on the front and then a square box covered with straw on the other three sides
The bottom is made into a water storage tank, by the water pump will be the bottom of the water storage tank pumped to the top after sprinkling wet straw, the fan will be started after the water vapor in the straw will be blown out, you can play a cooling effect, which is actually very similar to the working principle of the air conditioning fan.
Straw air conditioners are very cheap, equivalent to about 300 yuan, the power consumption is also low, ordinary families can afford it, or really poor families, will buy a joint venture with several other families.
Rare 50 degrees celsius heat, just a microcosm
India's water resources are quite scarce, and India itself has been chronically hot in the past, but this year it has been particularly bad. First of all, because India belongs to the subtropical region, it is a tropical monsoon climate, the dry and rainy season is obvious, the average temperature throughout the year is above 22 degrees, and March to May is the highest temperature.
Topographical factors also make many parts of India very dry and hot summers, the land is dry and cracked, the body has become extremely restless due to water shortage heat, and every year people are S due to high temperatures. With a population of 1.3 billion, India is also a large agricultural country.
In order to ensure production, it is necessary to extract a large amount of groundwater, after over-exploitation, coupled with the lack of awareness of environmental protection, India's mother river Ganges, part of the riverbed of the Ganges tributary has dried up, water pollution is also very serious, their water resources are seriously insufficient.
In recent years, abnormal climates have pervaded the globe, and India is just a microcosm. The heat wave sweeping across India is closely related to the warming of the earth's climate and can be said to be the most important factor. A landfill in India spontaneously combusted due to high temperatures, with an average of four fires per day, and the burning of garbage produced a large number of harmful gases, making surrounding residents have to move away from the place.
In one province of Canada, at least 700 accidental deaths from the heat were reported in a week; The heat sparked wildfires and the town was burned to the ground. At a beach near Vancouver, a lot of shellfish are roasted directly on the beach.
The United States has experienced high temperatures that have not been encountered in a hundred years, 58 million people have been affected, electricity consumption has doubled several times, and Places such as Henan in China have also been frequently searched for hot searches due to high temperatures, cement roads have been exposed, wires have spontaneously ignited, insects have gradually disappeared, and "heat stroke disease" has led to the death of many people.
The world epidemic, new crown, monkeypox and other diseases have swept around the world. The various crises on Earth are a great warning to all of humanity. It is a punishment for us to hurt the earth, our earth home is sick, how can we "heal" and protect the earth?
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