"A combination of utopian climate initiatives, inflation, a decline in American fossil fuel production, and an unwillingness to buy Russian oil or natural gas could lead to as many as several hundred thousand deaths across the continent this winter."
Historically excess deaths go up by 1.5% for every 1 degree celcius drop in temperatures. But this winter people are turning down thermostats because they simply can't afford it.
Re: death rates
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3602202-europeans-risk-death-by-cold-for-green-folly-and-we-could-be-next/amp/
"A combination of utopian climate initiatives, inflation, a decline in American fossil fuel production, and an unwillingness to buy Russian oil or natural gas could lead to as many as several hundred thousand deaths across the continent this winter."
Historically excess deaths go up by 1.5% for every 1 degree celcius drop in temperatures. But this winter people are turning down thermostats because they simply can't afford it.