[USMA:36352] Re: Another danger of duel units - errors

[Vigen, Gary]

4 °C is 39.2 °F but a change in temperature of 4 °C is 7.2 °F.     From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 March 2006 10:08 To: U.S. Metric Association Cc: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:36350] Re: Another danger of duel units - errors 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: http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/14/australia.warming.ap/index.html Linda D. Bergeron _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ -- Scott Hudnall San Francisco, CA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]