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The Scale of Energy

Published: October 5, 2024 at 8:40 PM (PT)

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Information Sources

Kinetic Energy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy

Kinetic Energy Formula (Joules)

(0.5×m×(v²) -- m=weight in kg, v=velocity in m/s)

Velocity from Acceleration

https://www.johannes-strommer.com/en/formulas/velocity-acceleration-time-distance

Velocity from Acceleration (m/s)

(√(2×a×d) -- a=acceleration in m/s², d=distance traveled)

8 Planets Factsheet

https://blendertimer.com/factsheets/solar-system/planet-factsheet

Average Pen Weight

Measured at 10.1g

Pen Drop Height

Measured at 1.4m

Acceleration of an Arm's Center of Gravity when Clapping

Measured at ≈18.5m/s²

Distance Traveled of an Arm's Center of Gravity when Clapping

Measured at 250cm

Average Weight of an Arm

Measured at 1.2kg

Hammer Speed

Measured at ≈12m/s

Hammer Weight

Measured at ≈810g

Energy of a Firecracker

https://medium.com/@zodhyatech/how-much-energy-does-a-firecracker-produce-c25793b0b577

Average Weight of a Human

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_body_weight

Average Top Speed of a Human

https://worldmetrics.org/average-human-sprint-speed

Cannon Muzzle Velocity (12-pounder)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1857_12-pounder_Napoleon

Energy of a Firework

https://astrobites.org/2011/07/04/pyrotechnics

Average Car and SUV Weights

https://www.insurancenavy.com/average-car-weight

Standard Highway Speed

Estimated at 120km/h

Energy of TNT

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent

Weight of a Semi-Truck

https://www.onsitetruckaz.com/post/how-much-does-a-semi-truck-weigh-ultimate-guide-2022

Average Speed of a Semi-Truck

Estimated at 100km/h

Weight of a Freight Train Car and Engine

https://www.up.com/customers/track-record/tr030822-12-train-facts-you-might-not-know.htm

Estimated at ≈11,000,000kg (assuming 80 cars and 3 engines)

Average Weight of a Freight Train

Average Length of a Train

https://www.acwr.com/economic-development/railroads-101/unit-train

Freight Train Speed

https://www.traingeek.ca/wp/faq/train-speed-limits

Energy of Lightning

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvesting_lightning_energy

Energy of the Chernobyl Explosion

https://www.epj-n.org/articles/epjn/full_html/2021/01/epjn200018/epjn200018.html

Energy of Little Boy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy

The Tunguska Event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event

Energy of the Tsar Bomba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

Energy from the Mt. Saint Helens Eruption

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24964328

Mt. Saint Helens Eruption

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_St._Helens

Mt. Tambora Eruption

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815_eruption_of_Mount_Tambora

The Valdivia Earthquake (Chile)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00024-012-0524-2

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Man Standing with Arm out (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/person-man-stand-hold-holding-9095534

Pen (Daniel Roberts)

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Clapping Hands (Daniel Roberts)

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Board (Daniel Roberts)

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Nail (Daniel Roberts)

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Hammer (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/hammer-tool-metal-work-beat-9082606

Window (Daniel Roberts)

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Bone (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/bone-skeleton-anatomy-cutout-9079454

Rocks (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/rocks-grass-stone-boulder-nature-8897263

Firecracker (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/firecracker-firework-explosive-fuse-9079453

Man Running-Side (Daniel Roberts)

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Cannon (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/cannon-weapon-army-war-antique-8649935/

Cannon Muzzle Explosion (Daniel Roberts)

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Firework (Daniel Roberts)

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Yellow Car (Daniel Roberts)

https://www.alamy.com/just-an-orange-car-image471694088.html

SUV (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/suv-car-vehicle-automobile-7871132

TNT (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/dynamite-tnt-bomb-explosive-sticks-9079455

TNT Explosion (Daniel Roberts)

N/A

Semi-Truck (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/semi-truck-truck-semi-trailer-9089823

Freight Train Engine (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/locomotive-train-freight-engine-9082607

Freight Train Car (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/train-freight-car-transport-9082604

Lightning (Daniel Roberts)

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Chernobyl (Daniel Roberts)

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Little Boy (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/bomb-little-boy-atomic-nuclear-9082605

Atomic Bomb Explosion (Daniel Roberts)

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Man Standing-Side (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/person-man-stand-human-arms-legs-9095533

World Map (Daniel Roberts)

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Tsar Bomba (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/tsar-bomba-bomb-explosive-nuclear-9089821

Mount Saint Helens-Top (Daniel Roberts)

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Mount Saint Helens (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/mount-saint-helens-mountian-nature-8272070

Mount Tambora (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/vectors/tambora-mt-mountain-nature-volcano-9089820

Valivia/Chilean Earthquake Map (NOAA)

https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/chile20100227/T1960_1.png

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Pen Drops (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/pen-drops-245172

Narration (Daniel Roberts)

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Deep Space-Slow Ambient Loop (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/music/ambient-deep-space-slow-ambient-loop-93637

Claps (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/claps-245170

Hammering a Nail (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/hammering-a-nail-245171

Glass bottle shatter (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/glass-bottle-shatter-13847

Hit-01 (Daniel Roberts)

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Hit-02 (Daniel Roberts)

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0050_explosion_blast_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

Person Running (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/person-running-loop-245173

017_explo_bomb_09_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

firework_single (zihengc)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/firework-single-83058

0017_explo_bomb_04_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

Loud Thunder (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/loud-thunder-7932

Deep Sea Exploration (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/music/mystery-deep-sea-exploration-7399

Powerful Swoosh-01 (Daniel Roberts)

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Rise of the Enemy (Daniel Roberts)

https://pixabay.com/music/main-title-rise-of-the-enemy-full-2-09-14302

0017_explo_bomb_01_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

0017_explo_grenade_08_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

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https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

0017_explo_bomb_07_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

0050_explosion_blast_5_PremiumBeat (Detonate, PremiumBeat)

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/free-explosion-sfx-vfx-elements

Rumble-1 (Daniel Roberts)

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That was a very pathetic 0.14

joules of energy. Not anything

to be concerned about except maybe

if you're a flea. But something

that releases much more energy

is a clap which is around 11 joules.

Still not much to be concerned about.

But the blow of a hammer is much

more powerful. At around 60 joules,

the blow of a hammer is enough

energy to easily fracture glass,

bones, and even rocks. A firecracker

releases even more energy at around

150 joules. But none of this

is nearly as powerful as you.

Running full speed, an average

person has around 1500 joules

of energy. So...probably don't

run top speed into a brick wall

because...my interpretation of

my moderately deplorable comprehension

capabilities says...that will hurt.

Anyway, it's time to drastically

increase in energy...with a bang.

The muzzle energy of a cannon

is around 560,000 joules, strong

enough to destroy almost anything

in the cannonball's path.

Just a bit higher is a firework

with around 600,000 joules.

A car, traveling at standard

highway speeds, has around 815,

000 joules. An SUV traveling at

the same speed would have around

1 megajoule or 1 million joules.

1 kilogram of TNT releases about

4.2 megajoules.

A fully loaded semi-truck traveling

at typical truck speeds has around

14 megajoules of energy. So if

you were ever wondering if you

could brake-check a semi-truck

and actually stop it...the answer is no.

But don't worry because there

is something else that you stand

even less chance of stopping.

A freight train. When traveling

at the standard freight train

speed, a train has around 4 gigajoules

of energy or around 4 billion

joules or about 286 semi-trucks

or nearly 1 ton of TNT. 1 ton

of TNT being about 4.2 gigajoules.

Nature isn't going to be left

out though. One of the most powerful

events that regularly occurs in

nature is lightning at 7 gigajoules

or 1.7 tons of TNT. It's no wonder

it's so incredibly loud.

But, on April 26, 1986, an event

much worse than a lightning strike

occurred in eastern Europe. The

worst nuclear disaster ever, commonly

known as the Chernobyl disaster

which released the equivalent

of around 10 tons of TNT. But,

the disaster was more a danger

of radiation rather than of the

actual explosion itself. Something

that did have a very deadly explosion,

however, was Little Boy, the

atomic bomb which destroyed Hiroshima.

This explosion was the equivalent

of around 15 kilotons of TNT.

Much higher, though less deadly

due to it being located deep in

mostly uninhabited forest, was

the Tunguska Event . On June 30,

1908, a flash of light nearly

as bright as the Sun was seen

in the far distance. Then, around

10 minutes later, a huge, distant

explosion was heard with an accompanying

shock wave so powerful that it

shattered windows and even knocked

people off their feet hundreds

of kilometers away. Due to the

remoteness of the event, it has

remained largely unstudied. Even

today it is unknown what caused

the explosion, though it is widely

accepted that its probable cause

was from an asteroid which exploded midair.

Regardless of what caused it,

this event is best calculated

to be equivalent to 30 megatons of TNT.

About as much as 2000 atomic bombs!

Well..2000 ordinary atomic bombs.

The Tsar Bomba was the largest

atomic bomb ever detonated. The

resulting explosion being equivalent

to around 50 megatons of TNT,

over 3000 times greater than an

ordinary atomic bomb. The Tsar

Bomba is still the largest explosion

ever made by humans.

But humans, despite all their

disastrous creations, will never

be able to come close to the forces

of many creations in nature.

On May 18, 1980, Mt. Saint Helens

erupted releasing the equivalent

of around 410 megatons of TNT,

more than 8 times that of the

Tsar Bomba! This eruption remains,

to this day, the deadliest volcanic

event in the history of the United States.

But it's certainly not the most

powerful natural disaster.

The eruption of Mt. Tambora,

in 1815, was far more powerful

releasing the equivalent of around

33 gigatons of TNT or about 2.

2 million atomic bombs! But, this

is still not the most powerful

natural disaster.

On May 22, 1960, a massive earthquake

occurred off the coast of Chile

releasing the equivalent of around

17.2 thousand gigatons of TNT

or about 1.1 billion atomic bombs!

This earthquake was so powerful

that it sent tsunamis all the

way across the entire Pacific

Ocean causing hundreds of deaths

even as far as Japan! This earthquake

was the most powerful ever recorded

and is likely the most powerful

natural disaster in recorded history.

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