The Tsar Bomba, Largest Man-Made Explosion Ever, October 1961, Discovery Channel Hiroshima, Japan, WW2: 16,000 tons of TNT equivalent Nagasaki, Japan, WW2: 22,000 tons of TNT equivalent Tsar Bomba device: 50,000,000 tons of TNT equivalent: more than 2,000 times the explosive energy of each of the bombs that leveled 2 entire cities in Japan … Continue reading What to Watch 15: Fusion and the Cold War
1. Fusion Explained in a Nutshell by Kurzgesagt 2. JET, Joint European Torus, largest magnetic confinement fusion reactor. JET is the current record holder for controlled fusion energy production by most measures. The record was set in 1997. See video. Located in Oxfordshire, UK. Annual budget 2014-2018 = 145.6 million euros ~ $175 million per … Continue reading What to Watch 14: Fusion Energy, 16 Minutes
Had I really not published this post before? Here is my speculation on what will cause the (next) apocalypse / collapse of civilization. In order of likelihood: Why ask this question, you ask? Apocalypse is a surprisingly entertaining subject for us. I ask, why are we all interested in it? Apathy: the builders of society … Continue reading What Will Cause the Apocalypse?
The Pandemic in Summary Fact: SARS-CoV-2 is the third known new coronavirus in 20 years – not disputed. The origin of the virus: The virus reservoir and evolutionary origin responsible for the three new coronaviruses since 2002 is humans sharing exhaled breath indoors on the scale enabled by the indoor economy explosion over the last … Continue reading COVID-19 One-Year Reflection
