I was calculating the damage of weaponized high speed rail and wolfram alpha told me "infinity joules" and was confused where I messed up the math.
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multiple people have pointed out that even if the breaks work, they'd have to dissipate 10^46 joules of kinetic energy, which is a LOT of heat to dump into the area.
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@foone it's okay, it's a dry heat
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Foone🏳️⚧️replied to YES I CHECKED THE BREAKER last edited by
@psilocervine very dry, as less than 10^27 joules would flash-boil all the earth's oceans
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@foone good news! you won't need brakes, because the hypersonic bow shock in front of the train that is carrying on nuclear fusion of air molecules will definitely slow the train all on its own
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(it will also destroy the train almost instantly, but the net momentum of the debris will definitely decrease over time)
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@tess yeah it'd very quickly stop being a "train" and become an "expanding plasma cloud"
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it'll be the hot new summer blockbuster
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@munin the hottest summer since records began, which will be that summer, as all the records will be instantly evaporated
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@foone I assume you already saw the Bobbybroccoli video about it? it's excellent
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@foone The problem is, it assumed you were talking about light rail.
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@nonnihil eyyy!
