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[–] 122 points 2 years ago* (6 children)

They will grow up but it will be a much different world. Back in the 70s, Rachel Carson posited that it was probably already too late to turn back the effects of air pollution and poisoning of our oceans, and she was right. Instead of fixing problems, oil and gas companies are doubling down on fossil fuel extraction. Kids will grow up to have all kinds of respiratory illnesses and also facing a world that is melting around them.

Most years we're in below 20 degree snowy weather. Today it's 50 degrees here, it's Dec 18th and we've only seen snow in our mountains, which is very rare for us in Utah. Not that I'm complaining about the heat -I love warmer weather, and I absolutely detest the sight of snow in any way, shape or form. But it is weird that we're not even going to have snow on the ground this Christmas (we might get some rain this week).

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  • [–] 100 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    Temperature translation for non-Americans:

    70°F ≈ 21.1°C
    50°F = 10°C
    20°F ≈ -6.7°C

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  • [–] 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Conversion for the Midwest

    70f= nice out 50f= nice out 20f= bring a hoodie. It's nice out.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's currently 50F° in my living room. It's been like this since start of December. Heating is for weaklings.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (53 children)

    Here's an easy way for disadvantaged yanks to learn Celsius:

    40C = 104F perfect hot tub temp
    30C = 86F hot day
    20C = 68F nice cool day
    10C = 50F chilly day
    0C = 32F freezing

    Commit these to memory, then it's exactly 9F for every 5C in between. (or about 2:1)

    [da fak with the downvotes? Just refuse to learn?]

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You give multiple references and say remember these and then do some estimations. Just subtract 30, divide by 2. 80F is approximately 25C. I'm not cooking meth here I'm arguing on the Internet.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Back in the 70s, Rachel Carson posited that it was probably already too late to turn back the effects of air pollution and poisoning of our oceans, and she was right.

    That's amazing. She died in 1964 and still kept working.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm up in Mammoth right now and it is raining, absolutely wild for this time of year. I didn't even bother snowboarding this trip because the slopes are more conducive to ice-skating. Caught of on a lot of sleep though, so that was nice.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Well it's not a very positive outlook, but I've heard it from scientists more than from big oil and gas (that it's too late to turn back these effects). I"m not saying we can't try to mitigate these things going forward, maybe we can make huge changes by taking small steps toward cleaner energy sources.

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