- acargitz ( @theacharnian@lemmy.ca ) 49•10 days ago
OK, so hear me out. The Saudi king is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Since the Hajj is now becoming dangerous for the faithful because of climate change, that means that the Saudi king needs to act to protect the Hajj and the Two Holy Mosques. I.e., the Saudi king has a religious responsibility to act on climate change, by clamping down on CO2 emissions and curtailing hydrocarbons extraction. It’s the will of Allah, man.
- casmael ( @casmael@lemm.ee ) 15•10 days ago
Dibs on holy jihad to end climate change
- acargitz ( @theacharnian@lemmy.ca ) 2•10 days ago
Anti-fossil fuel butlerians?
- curiousaur ( @curiousaur@reddthat.com ) 6•9 days ago
He’d sooner air condion the whole area.
- Dippy ( @Dippy@beehaw.org ) 2•9 days ago
Large mirror arrays to send the heat back into space instead of onto the pilgrims
- COASTER1921 ( @COASTER1921@lemmy.ml ) 2•9 days ago
At least in what they say they certainly recognize this. The middle East as a whole talks about climate change much more than the US in my experience, mostly because to them it is an actual existential threat. Money is money so I’m sure they’ll keep extracting oil while it makes money, but every single middle Eastern economy’s goal has been to diversify from oil for many decades now.
- Telorand ( @Telorand@reddthat.com ) 35•11 days ago
That’s 125.24°F. The yeast in your bread is now dead, and your steak is rare.
- casmael ( @casmael@lemm.ee ) 10•10 days ago
I……. Don’t like this information ☹️
- zqwzzle ( @zqwzzle@lemmy.ca ) English20•11 days ago
If it’s for a religious event, is it not part of gods plan?
- ChaoticNeutralCzech ( @ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de ) 11•10 days ago
Achievement Unlocked: Martyrdom
- fubarx ( @fubarx@lemmy.ml ) 12•10 days ago
Not long before they install sealed, air-conditioned walkways for the well-off.
The others… well, best of luck.
- Blackmist ( @Blackmist@feddit.uk ) English11•9 days ago
There is a certain poetic justice in Saudi Arabia becoming uninhabitable as a direct result of all the dinosaur juice they dug out from under it.
Although as usual the people responsible will feel no effect as they sit in air conditioned palaces, grifting even more money to try and build a pointlessly long, tall and narrow city.
- cerement ( @cerement@slrpnk.net ) 8•10 days ago
keep in mind that the Hajj can be a pretty grueling rite even before adding in extreme heat
- UltraGiGaGigantic ( @UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee ) English1•9 days ago
Nobody wants to chill anymore