Sydney bakes in hottest day in three years

It’s summer in Oz.

Of course it’s going to be hot!

Australia is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of gas and coal, two key fossil fuels that are blamed for global heating.

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Haven’t the Australians heard of solar energy?

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Australia is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of gas and coal, two key fossil fuels that are blamed for global heating.

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Haven’t the Australians heard of solar energy?

Yup. It just took a sensible government to change course:

Under Albanese's centre-left government, the country has vowed to cut carbon emissions by 43 percent before 2030, when compared to 2005 levels.

Haven’t the Australians heard of solar energy?

yes theyve got one of the highest uptakes in the world,

it being installed so fast that some states like SA have days in summer where the grid is run totally on solar, theyre now adding to the battery storage so they can use that power at night

But it still manages to rape the environment for has and coal which it is obviously exporting-nice

I'm confused by this story. Is it because of El Nino or Climate change? Weren't the past three years the "new normal?" Did the "climate emergency" cause the highest temperature on record for December 6th in 1886 or was that COVID?

 Did the "climate emergency" cause the highest temperature on record for December 6th in 1886 or was that COVID?

I bet you are the kind of person who when reading the average height of people in a country, you immediately call it nonsense because you know someone much taller.

Wait. It's Summer in Australia and it's hot???

Well I'll be.........

I'm confused by this story. Is it because of El Nino or Climate change?

The overall heating of the planet, i.e. climate change, is making the extremes of the normal El Nino cycle that much more extreme.