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Well, Canada is roughly on same latitude as Europe and Canadians are not walking ice cubes last time I checked on them.
by TheLoafOfBread 4y ago
Well, Canada is roughly on same latitude as Europe and Canadians are not walking ice cubes last time I checked on them.
- iso1631 4y agoDaily mean in January in Halifax is -4C (25F). In Bordeaux, same latitude, it's 7C (45F) In Sweden Umeå is 20F in January. In fairbanks it's -20F.
- TheLoafOfBread 4y agoAnd 0 to -5C in Prague. Yes Western Europe might get little bit colder, but Eastern Europe is used on those temperatures and life is not that harsh there.
- mrDmrTmrJ 4y agoI certainly agree the temps are survivable - but the issues is the entire housing stock/built environment is not set up to deal with it. Europe's having huge energy and price concerns right now. Dropping temps by -20 decrees, would be far, far more difficult to adjust to. We can't just snap our fingers and instantly convert every building in a country to a 'passive house' even if we want to :)
- iso1631 4y ago20C drop across the continent. How much food is grown in Canada compared with UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Benelux, Austria, Poland and Ukraine. What will a Canadian climate do for global food production?