keithl@vice.UUCP (Keith Lofstrom) (11/29/83)
Because the results of these calculations are politically incorrect,
they should not be taken seriously by intellectuals.
(Data from Science News, CRC handbook and The Effects of Nuclear Weapons )
World Nuclear Arsenal ~= 10000 MT
1 Megaton = 1e15 calories
Solar insolation = 20,000 calories / ( m^2 - minute )
Earth Area facing sun = pi * (6371 Km)^2 = 4e13 m^2
( 1e4 * 1e15 ) / ( 2e4 * 4e13 ) = 12.5 minutes sunlight
Wasn't that funny? Let's try another one:
Mass of Oceans = 1.67e24 grams
1 calorie = 1 gm * 1 degree C
( 1e4 * 1e15 ) / 1.67e24 = 0.000006 degree C
What a relief! On the other hand:
Mass of human brain (mostly water) ~= 1000 g
Brain scrambling temperature change ~= +10 degrees C
Population of Earth ~= 5e9
Hiroshima bomb ~= 0.01 Megatons
( 5e9 * 1e3 * 10 ) / ( 1e-2 * 1e15 ) = 5 bombs
( 1e4 * 1e15 ) / (5e9 * 1e3 * 10 ) = 200,000 times "overscramble"
Horrors!
:-) apples and oranges from the mathematically
sarcastic (and politically incorrect) asbestos calculator of:
--
Keith Lofstrom
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ARPAnet:keithl.tek@rand-relaysaj@iuvax.UUCP (02/15/84)
#R:vice:-127600:iuvax:2000001:000:101 iuvax!scsg Feb 13 22:34:00 1984 wonderfully insightful calculations! May I suggest you try getting a nice suntan next to an H-bomb!