What temp is freezing in F? Is it still defined by the temp water freezes at, like in C, or do you guys have a different scale for this too?
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DharmaCurious@startrek.website 3 weeks agoYeah, nah, I’m on the side of the government paying for utilities. Human right to electricity. Figure out a system to prevent overuse, but everyone deserves to have heating and cooling when needed.
Aksamit@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
32°F is freezing. 0°F (-18C) happens, but isn’t too common in most of the US.
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
32f is the same as 0c, and they’re both freezing. 0c is the temp at which brine freezes, but nobody really knows/cares about that. Where I live it down to -25f/-31c at least a few times a year, and normally you can expect at least a few weeks to a month below 32f/0c, but the last few years have been mild
Aksamit@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I looked that first bit up as it didn’t seem right, you mixed up your ‘f’ and ‘c’.
Water freezes at 0c and brine freezes at 0f.
That’s a good fact though about 0f being the freeze point of brine, it’s helping me visualise the scale of f a bit better.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah @DharmaCurious@startrek.website that’s neat, never knew that!
(btw congrats on having accounts across the most instances I’ve seen!)
DharmaCurious@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Whoops, yeah, typod that one. Sorry!
renzev@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If we’re going down the “government should pay for it” route, then a good solution would be subsidizing thermal insulation. It’s a big investment upfront, but will save a lot of money for both homeowners and the government in the future. Not to mention the obvious ecological benefits.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Absolutely. We should be subsidizing anything and everything that helps decrease energy usage, especially in ways that mean we don’t have to make big changes to lifestyle. Though that’s a whole other discussion. :/ But utilities in general, electricity, water, Internet, gas (though if possible move that shit to electric) should be public and no cost at the point of use, imho
Emi@ani.social 3 weeks ago
That would require them to think long term and logically , Also i assume lots of companies would not like that they won’t be able to get as much profit. Don’t get me wrong I definitely agree but there’s just so much things that would work better, be cheaper more efficient and better for the environment but that would cost money and not make much profit. Sometimes I have hope people will get fed up with this BS and change happens but mostly I’m skeptical.