[USMA 23] Re: Paris Agreement in Degrees Celsius

2015-12-14 Thread Carleton MacDonald
The Washington Post has been reporting extensively on these meetings and for the most part has stopped converting Celsius into Fahrenheit. They seem to feel that people now understand Celsius. I suspect the country could make that conversion outside of other metrication fairly easily. The main

[USMA 22] Re: Paris Agreement in Degrees Celsius

2015-12-14 Thread Martin Vlietstra
At least (s)he didn't write 33.8 degrees Fahrenheit! -Original Message- From: USMA [mailto:usma-boun...@colostate.edu] On Behalf Of c...@traditio.com Sent: 14 December 2015 18:30 To: USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 21] Paris Agreement in Degrees Celsius I was interested to note that in

[USMA 21] Paris Agreement in Degrees Celsius

2015-12-14 Thread c...@traditio.com
I was interested to note that in the reporting I heard about the Paris "climate control" agreement, the goal was, except in one case, stated as "1 degree Celsius." Only in one instance did a reporter add "1.8 degrees Fahrenheit." It was nice to hear the whole Celsius number, whereas