silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoWhat harm could one coal mine do? Plenty – 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat for starterstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkWhat harm could one coal mine do? Plenty – 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat for starterstheconversation.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year ago 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat These imperial units are just getting ridiculous. Can someone express that in type Ia supernovas of heat for us Europeans?
minus-squarep1mrxlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoType Ia supernova: 10^44 joules Hiroshima bomb: 63 x 10^12 joules So 1 coal mine is around 10^-24 supernovas, or 1 yoctonova.
minus-squareKalash@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoTo be honest, I won’t double check that at all, but will just assume you put at least 10 minutes of effort into this. I love you.
These imperial units are just getting ridiculous. Can someone express that in type Ia supernovas of heat for us Europeans?
Type Ia supernova: 10^44 joules
Hiroshima bomb: 63 x 10^12 joules
So 1 coal mine is around 10^-24 supernovas, or 1 yoctonova.
To be honest, I won’t double check that at all, but will just assume you put at least 10 minutes of effort into this.
I love you.
♡