In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths’ record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

https://explainxkcd.com/3001/

  • slouching_employer@lemmy.one
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    10 days ago

    I think a large portion of it is that governments/institutions/whatever don’t want to pay the large amount of money it would take to replace all signage/software/etc.

    The classic “high short term costs for long term benefits” vs. “no (direct monetary) short term costs for ‘future me’ problems”.