To: patton
Haden’t realised that “atomic bomb” was a measure of energy. How many BTUs is it? "atomic bomb" is a unit of energy known only to journalists.
8 posted on
03/21/2009 8:23:19 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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To: grey_whiskers
If they has said atomic farts, I could pretty well quantify that.
;)
12 posted on
03/21/2009 8:24:35 AM PDT by
patton
(If Hawai'i seccedes, is Barack Obama still an illegal alien?)
To: grey_whiskers
Well, you can figure out the potential energy in an atomic bomb, which is converted to heat and sound and EM energy during detonation. So there is a number. It’s different for every bomb, but it’s based on mass.
Temperature is a measure of the kinetic energy of molecules, so the idea that there is something driving these temperatures so high isn’t that inconceivable. Yes the writing is poor, but so is all science writing. Par for the course.
13 posted on
03/21/2009 8:26:21 AM PDT by
AntiKev
("Within the strangest people, truth can find the strangest home." - Great Big Sea - Company of Fools)
To: grey_whiskers; patton
Haden’t realised that “atomic bomb” was a measure of energy. How many BTUs is it? "atomic bomb" is a unit of energy known only to journalists.
That's a lot of "Courics."
58 posted on
03/21/2009 7:35:44 PM PDT by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
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