Bombing the Biosphere
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A one megaton hydrogen bomb releases about 4,200 terajoules of energy.
Last year human beings released over 550 exajoules of energy.
This means that last year we unleashed the equivalent of 132,000 megatons of hydrogen bombs over the surface of the planet.
That's one Hiroshima bomb every five seconds.
Since the end of World War II we have released the equivalent of 5 million one-megaton bombs on the planet.
The world's entire nuclear arsenal today is estimated at "only" 5 thousand megatons.
Is it any wonder that the biosphere is looking a little battered?
Is it any wonder that I'm far more worried about driving cars than I am about nuclear war?
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The muzzle energy of the most powerful pistol ammunition listed in the wiki table I found is 3500 joules.
Last year the average American consumed between 2500-3000 nutritional calories per day; let's call it 2750.
That means that we consumed DAILY 11,213,700 joules or the equivalent of being shot in the face
3,204 times every day with the most powerful handgun made!!!
Since I'm more or less a typical American I'm no longer here, having exploded from eating pizza, subs, cheeseburgers and chocolate ice cream in 1972.
