This comparison I didn't understand:<br><br>Explosion of 1 kg of TNT 10e6 Joules<br>Woman running for 1 hr 10e6 Joules<br>Candy bar 10e6 Joules<br><br>I'd like to know a little more about how these numbers are calculated. Presumably in the case of TNT it is energy released; in the case of the woman it is expended, but in the case of the candy bar I'm not sure - contained in the nuts and sucrose? Seems kind of gimmicky.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Gennaro Brooks-Church - Eco Brooklyn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@ecobrooklyn.com" target="_blank">info@ecobrooklyn.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Here is an interesting breakdown of different energy amounts:<br>
<a href="http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/envir215/energynumbers.pdf</a><br>
For example the energy content of a candy bar vs. a pound of coal.<br></blockquote></div>