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Scientists unveil methane munching monster, 100 million times faster than nature
(interestingengineering.com)
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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1k lbs is a perfectly cromulent unit of enbiggenment, colloquially known as "Calebs".
Give me washing machines or give me death
Indeed that's 10 hundredweight. Which maybe ironically enough is rather intuitive for me, Germany still uses pounds and hundredweight (Zentner) in informal and sectorial use, meaning 500g and 50kg.
I believe that's 80 stone
Not a fan of kilopounds, klbs?
It's a good replacement for the heavy-fridge unit.
America is slowly switching to the metric system: metric pounds, metric feet, you know...
I mean, itβs more clear than 0.5 tons, since βtonsβ doesnβt specify US or metric. Not that it would matter in this specific instance.
But if it doesn't matter, what's the problem with tons?