Posted on 01/09/2024 10:44:42 AM PST by John Semmens
As it turns out, -40 C is the same as -40 F.
It’s the one point where the two scales meet.
‘k, dude, you got us all, mostly
Hey JS, what about Kelvin and Rankin?
I one watched a video from the Oymyakon, the coolest place on the earth. Children were waiting for school bus in down to -100F temperatures. Some of the children had to was like a mile to the bus stop!
The school bus must arrive, otherwise the children will freeze to death.
These people can never convert to EV!
Sorry. I couldn’t let that one go without...
Well they can always use them for a chicken coop should sell fast.
I grew up on ‘da Range, 60 miles north of Duluth, MN. As a kid (yes, I was a nerd) I learned the 30-30-30 rule. “At -30 F, with a 30 kt wind, exposed flesh freezes solid in 30 sec.”
Not exactly true but you don’t want to quibble. I snowshoed and camped at -40, and labored in the taconite mine pits. Cold ain’t fun. While I was working on my PhD in biophysics, specializing in how organisms adapted to extremes in their environments, I refined the relationships.
And as a one-generation-removed Norwegian (ishda, Swedes) what the hell do these ‘effing idiots expect? You can’t cheat the laws of thermodynamics.
If I had any sense, I’d stop writing. But I’m getting too old to give a damn. Before ETS, Dept Army personnel wanted me to go RA. “Hey, LT. We can give you a boat company in Panama, or the research post in Greenland.” Both were attractive. My own nuclear reactor? Hot damn. I taught survival at Ft. Sherman.
Yes. In my youth, I lived in some cold places too.
You just dress warm and adjust.
Those furs and fur hats, as politically incorrect they are, are very good for that weather!
But you cannot rely on electricity!
If it goes down, you are dead!
You need a fossil fuel, which is reliable, even in stove!
Nuclear power is the best source of energy right now, but people are scared of it (unnecessary!). About as scared as of UFO and psychic phenomena!
I guess, as partly Swedish, I have to disagree with one of your points.
We can discuss Swedish jokes about Norwegians, if you wish!
Believe it or not, Fairbanks Alaska actually has an electric schoolbus. Utterly stupid.
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