Raymond Arritt wrote:
> Coby Beck wrote:
> >
> > Dale wrote:
> >> I've had a running argument with my girlfriend concerning the
> >> environmental cost of recent wars. She's an ex-physics teacher, so she
> >> ought to know a few things, but I think she's wrong here. She thinks
[snip]
> >
> > Here, check this quote:
> >
> > "A fully developed hurricane can release heat energy at a rate of 5 to
> > 20x10^13 watts and converts less than 10% of the heat into the
> > mechanical energy of the wind. The heat release is equivalent to a
> > 10-megaton nuclear bomb exploding every 20 minutes. According to the
> > 1993 World Almanac, the entire human race used energy at a rate of
> > 10^13 watts in 1990, a rate less than 20% of the power of a hurricane.
> > "
>
> It's pretty unsettling to think that she is an ex-physics teacher.
I didn't want to say anything, but...
Anyway, it reminds me of my Jr high science teacher (the above is not
this bad but) who once said while teaching us the e=mc^2 "if you check
the history books to see who came first, Einstein or Newton, you'll
realize that one was really just copying the other." (among so many
other gems). His response when my father (a scientist, and trouble
maker) was complaining to the principal was that he does not teach
science historically.
Where do you start?
Coby
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