Europe’s Trains, Nuclear Plants and Factories Can’t Take the Heat Either

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/climate/europe-heat-wave-nuclear-trains-infrastructure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.tVA.5OAW.4U4DkBOfDs0_

The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that no longer exists.

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hoohoohoot@fedinsfw.app · 2 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Sad...

cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 50d

Trains shouldn't suffer like that. Not even German ones.

Bad things may have done with that rolling stock, but the trains themselves did nothing wrong.

black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 50d

Next on newsmax: only fossil fuels survive the heatwave! Use more fossil fuels!