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[–] Sagar@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why not write 1B instead of 1M tons?!

[–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Good point. I think xkcd is american and they use the short ton which is apparently 2000 lbs, or 907 kg

[–] FlyingPiisami@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

¯\(ツ)/¯ I feel like 1 million tons is a more suitable unit to use than 1 billion kg