Temperature unit conversion does not work for temperature intervals
#347 opened on Mar 21, 2019
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Problem Statement "We wish to limit global temperature rise to 4 degrees Celsius." The above cannot be converted in calculator to "We wish to limit global temperature rise to 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit."
Evidence or User Insights It is acceptable usage to talk about temperature intervals in degrees Celsius and degrees Fahrenheit, and it should be possible to use temperature intervals rather than a specific temperature on the Celsius or Fahrenheit scales. Failure to make this available will have our poor American colleagues misunderstanding that we are not talking about limiting global temperature rise to 39.2 degrees Fahrenheit!
Proposal Either: a) Where there is currently a single option for "Temperature" in the hamburger, have two: Temperature (Interval) or Temperature (Scale). b) Keep the single option for "Temperature" in the hamburger, then have a separate radio button along the lines of "Interval (referring to the difference between two temperatures)" and "Scale (referring to what temperature an object is)"
My preference would be b).
Goals Stop people incorrectly converting units when they are talking about a temperature interval.
Non-Goals We are not submitting a bug to upstream governments to ban the use of Celsius and Fahrenheit. While we would all eventually get used to saying "it's 270 Kelvin out!", it is more common to know when you are talking about a scale and when you are talking about an interval.