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xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales (xkcd.com)
submitted 2 years ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world
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In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths' record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

https://explainxkcd.com/3001/

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[-] slouching_employer@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think a large portion of it is that governments/institutions/whatever don’t want to pay the large amount of money it would take to replace all signage/software/etc.

The classic “high short term costs for long term benefits” vs. “no (direct monetary) short term costs for ‘future me’ problems”.

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