I had an evil thought just now as I attempt to write 2 reports simultaneously. Why do we keep using that superscripted circle in front of C (i.e., ºC) that designates “degree”?
What the hell? We don’t use it for the Kelvin temperature scale. And, who knows if the engineers use it for Rankine? The thing is useless like an appendix or a titular chairman. Get rid of it!
What do you think?
Lamentations on Chemistry 
Makes a surprising amount of sense. No one on the internet uses the degree symbol anyway. And we could still say ’25 degrees C’ if we want, while older literature with the little symbol would still be completely comprehensible. There are basically no downsides!
The fun part will be watching the reactions of chemists when you propose it. It would be interesting to trace the origin of the symbol.
Please… let’s maintain some sense of dignity. And the kids are too lazy to use two spaces after a period now. That’s even worse.
Hey man, I’m just tryin’ to conserve bandwidth in my characteristically inconsequential way.
Wouldn’t confusing temperatures with Coulombs (C), then be an issue?
DH,
Sounds like a good reason to keep the symbol. It’s best to have units designated by a unique character within chemistry. You win a cookie.