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0 pointsyreg2y ago0 comments

53°C and 67°C.

Wow.

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By comparison the hottest verified recorded air temperature in the world is 54°C

> if the current record were to be decertified then the holder would be a tie at 54.0 °C (129.2 °F), recorded both at Furnace Creek and in Kuwait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_o...

galangalalgol2y ago

Open air. These days the interior of my car regularly exceeds 54 even with the windows cracked and a winshield shade up.

seanthemon2y ago

Soon to be average temperatures, what luck!

hksoftware2y ago

Nonsense.

yregOP2y ago

It's obviously a hyperbole. But if we once were to use these SCs to transport energy from solar farms in Sahara, it might have to operate in that temperature range.

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SamPatt2y ago

Earth's average temperature right now is ~17° Celsius.

So...no.

yregOP2y ago

Have you included the insides?

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h0l0cube2y ago

By comparison the hottest verified recorded air temperature in the world is 54°C

> if the current record were to be decertified then the holder would be a tie at 54.0 °C (129.2 °F), recorded both at Furnace Creek and in Kuwait.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highest_temperature_recorded_o...

galangalalgol2y ago

Open air. These days the interior of my car regularly exceeds 54 even with the windows cracked and a winshield shade up.

seanthemon2y ago

Soon to be average temperatures, what luck!

hksoftware2y ago

Nonsense.

yregOP2y ago

It's obviously a hyperbole. But if we once were to use these SCs to transport energy from solar farms in Sahara, it might have to operate in that temperature range.

1 more reply

SamPatt2y ago

Earth's average temperature right now is ~17° Celsius.

So...no.

yregOP2y ago

Have you included the insides?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse