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Started by Keith Wansbrough
Wed, 28 Oct 1992 22:11
Re: How to destroy the Earth
Author: Keith Wansbrough
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 22:11
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 22:11
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In article <1992Oct26.141846.1@woods.ulowell.edu> cotera@woods.ulowell.edu wri >Here's how you destroy all life on/in earth. The Earth itself too. Dig a ho >in the groung. It doesn't have to be too deep. Place several nuclear bombs >it. When the Earth is closest to the sun we detonate the bombs which pushes >closer, perterbing the orbit. Even if we don't crash into the sun, the >enviroment would not be able to adjust to such rapidly changing conditions. >All life would end. The same could be achieved by detonating the bombs as th >Earth is farthest from the sun so it breaks out of its orbit. >--Ray Cote Look. Think about it. The mass of the Earth is approximately 6e24 kg. Now assume an enormous bomb: a 1 gigaton (1000Mt) bomb releases 5e18 joules. Now make an utterly ridiculously generous assumption: *all* this energy goes into moving the Earth. K = mv^2/2 <=> v^2 = 2K/m. Hence v = sqrt(2K/m) = sqrt(2*5e18/6e24) ~= 1e-3 m/s In other words, assuming a very large nuclear bomb and 100% efficiency, all you would do is push the Earth in the appropriate direction with a velocity of 1 millimetre per second! --KW 8-) /* ==Usenet/Internet== Keith_Wansbrough@kcbbs.gen.nz +=============+ *\ * ==Fidonet== 3:772/90 | Forty-Two!! | * * ==Real-life== Keith Wansbrough +64 9 579 2572 +=============+ * \* for (p=malloc(-1L);*p=1;p+=4096); (kids: don't try this at home!) */
Re: How to destroy the Earth
Author: Pete Ashdown
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 19:19
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 19:19
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Keith_Wansbrough@kcbbs.gen.nz (Keith Wansbrough) writes: >In other words, assuming a very large nuclear bomb and 100% efficiency, >all you would do is push the Earth in the appropriate direction with a >velocity of 1 millimetre per second! Better than nothing. -- "I'm Slash man, Slash!" - Slash DISCLAIMER: My writings have NOTHING to do with my employer. Keep it that way. Pete Ashdown pashdown@slack.sim.es.com ...uunet!slack.sim.es.com!pashdown
Re: How to destroy the Earth
Author: MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCKAY
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 02:18
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 02:18
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What if you can lay hands on some antimatter?
Re: How to destroy the Earth
Author: Daniel Steven Reinker
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 04:23
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 04:23
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In article <880840m.20.720325135@ace.acadiau.ca> 880840m@ace.acadiau.ca (MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCKAY) writes: >What if you can lay hands on some antimatter? Well, that would be easy enough...the machine in the dorm lobby sells it for $0.45 a pop...now what would we do with it? Hiz Lord Dementia -- "You can't help that. We're all mad here."-The cheshire cat, Alice in WL "A mass hysteria/a megalomania/reveal Dementia/reveal"-Metallica
Re: How to destroy the Earth
Author: Jason D Corley
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 18:21
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 18:21
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In article <880840m.20.720325135@ace.acadiau.ca> 880840m@ace.acadiau.ca (MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCKAY) writes: >What if you can lay hands on some antimatter? Wouldn't that kinda hurt? Seriously, some astronomers believe that if the "baryon count of the universe is zero" (to use really pedantic words) then there are gigantic vast clouds of antimatter far out in the nether reaches of the universe. Since we're going to have to get off the planet anyway, why not just pick some up at your local cosmic 7-11?
Re: How to destroy the Earth
Author: Karl R Peters
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 14:43
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1992 14:43
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In article <880840m.20.720325135@ace.acadiau.ca> 880840m@ace.acadiau.ca (MICHAEL ALEXANDER MCKAY) writes: >What if you can lay hands on some antimatter? Then your hands explode, along with probably the rest of you and the nearby terrain. :-)
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