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IMHO its high time for a Global Warming temp scale (Dear Al Gore, I said it first !) People don't get it when the degree shift needed is so tiny for such catast
by hakcermani 8y ago
IMHO its high time for a Global Warming temp scale (Dear Al Gore, I said it first !) People don't get it when the degree shift needed is so tiny for such catastrophic effects. We need to magnify it by 100 or maybe even a 1000! So 2 degrees temp change is like GW200. Maybe the message will hit home better ?
- drewrv 8y agoA metric I've thought about is, how much extra energy is circulating in earths systems per degree of temp change? 2 degrees does not sound like a lot but when you think of how vast the earth is that's a lot of extra energy in the oceans and atmosphere. It would be an interesting metric to track.
- lozenge 8y agoOne website tracked Hiroshima bombs worth of heat (4 per second). It was perhaps tasteless.
- mettamage 8y agoI would say it does. Research shows that people are better able to do statistical calculations with whole numbers. So instead of 10.453% it should be 10453 people (can't find the source unfortunately). If that's a thing, then I think your comment is also a thing.