Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The most terrifying graph you'll see all year

Hullabaloo writes nThe most terrifying graph you'll see all year. It's apparently this…

UNEP 20102 copy

"See that 5 degrees Celsius we're projected to hit by 2050? That's 9 degrees Fahrenheit. That means the end of human civilization, and possibly of the human race itself. Within our lifetimes."

Sadly I didn't follow the links and explore it more. I already know that climate change is bad, as in very bad. But this chart did make me wonder…

What if someone, maybe a scientist or a journalist, made a chart in Fahrenheit instead of Celsius so that the average US resident or, say, politician would understand it just slightly better. Would it make a difference? Is it worth trying?

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