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What harm could one coal mine do? Plenty – 1.7 million Hiroshima bombs of heat for starters (theconversation.com)

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[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Type Ia supernova: 10^44 joules
Hiroshima bomb: 63 x 10^12 joules

So 1 coal mine is around 10^-24 supernovas, or 1 yoctonova.

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[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

To be honest, I won't double check that at all, but will just assume you put at least 10 minutes of effort into this.

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[–] p1mrx@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago

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