| Guess I should have read the article first before replying. :) Anyway...just goes to prove your point Linda.
It should be 39.2 F
On 2006 Mar 22, at 04:30, Linda D. Bergeron wrote: In a story about the effects of global warming in Australia at CNN.com, we can see where using duel units leads to errors:
"...But emissions would still increase over today's levels, with some environmental groups calculating a 100 percent rise by 2050, resulting in a temperature increase of 4 C (5 F). ..."
Since Australia is metric, we can take the metric temperature as authoritative. In which case, the conversion should be 7 F
To read the entire story go to this URL:
Linda D. Bergeron
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