Topic: Hydration

Temperatures in the United Kingdom are expected to exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, causing concerns about rail buckling and elderly health. A report from a care home in Harrogate emphasizes the difficulty of keeping seniors hydrated to prevent hospital admissions. Comparisons are made to standard summer temperatures in Texas and Arizona, suggesting the UK media reaction is disproportionate.

Thom Hartmann links climate change to his predicted 2016 economic crash, citing methane hydrate releases in the Arctic as a primary stressor. The discussion covers the "Arctic 30" Greenpeace activists detained in Russia and NASA's Carbon Arctic Reservoir Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE). The hosts mock the alarmist tone of the scientific claims regarding mass extinction events triggered by methane.