I think a pound of feathers is heavier than both!
Which of these three pounds hits the ground first when dropped from the same height,
simultaneously, in a vacuum?
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:09:07AM -0800, Bob Crandell wrote:
> A British Thermal Unit (BTU) is a measurement of the amount of
> heat of something. A BTU of sunlight has the same amount of heat
> as a BTU of fossil fuel. Which is heavier, a pound of rocks or a
> pound of water?
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1/17/2001 10:40:09 PM >>>
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Dexter Graphic wrote:
>
> > of the power now being generated by fossil fuels. In short,
> the
> > end of oil signals the end of civilization, as we know it."
> >
> > http://www.dieoff.org/synopsis.htm
> Judging by his attrocious grammar, I wouldn't take the
> dieoff.org guy too
> seriously:
> "A BTU of sunlight is fundamentally different than a BTU of
> fossil fuel."
>
> Yikes!
>
> The "we will live forever" guy has much better grammar:
> http://www.formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/
>
> -Chris
