Einstein's equation states that the amount of energy you have is equal to
the mass involved times the square of the speed of light. If 1 gram of mass
is converted into energy, then to determine how much energy is involved in
ergs, you just multiply 1 gram by the speed of light squared, in units of
centimeters per second.

Energy in ergs = 1 gram x ( 30,000,000,000.0 cm/sec) x (30,000,000,000.0
cm/sec).

This equals 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ergs of energy.

Now, to convert this into other physical units is a bit awkward but doable.
For instance, this is equal to the energy emitted by a 100 watt bulb
(producing 100 x 10 million ergs/sec) for:

900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0/(100 x 10,000,000) = 900,000,000,000.0
seconds. Since there are about 30,000,000.0 seconds in a year, this means
that a 100 watt bulb running for 30,000 years produces as much energy as 1
gram of matter converted into energy. Or you can think of it as 30,000
hundred-watt bulbs burning for one year - the output from a small town
lighting system.

There are other physical units you could use as well. If you don't like
watts, you could use horse power. 1 HP = 745 watts, so 1 gram of matter
converted into energy equals 1 HP expended for about 30,000/7.45 = 3500
years. If you don't like grams, you could use pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams so
1 pound converted to energy gives you 453 x (
900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ) ergs. If you like BTUs, however, 1 BTU =
1055 Joules or 10.55 billion ergs per second over one second of time. 1 BTU
= 100 watts ( 100 joules/sec) x 10.55 seconds. 1 gram converted to energy
would then equal an expenditure of 1 BTU for:

900,000,000,000.0 / 10.55 = 9,000,000,000.0 seconds or about 300 years.

 

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:33:13 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> I can tell you the weight of a friend going along for the ride on a
>quarter mile drag race, will cost us two tenths of a second:
>http://www.----------.com/thunderb.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:--------------------

You need to get skinney-er friends<g>.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:33:13 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> I can tell you the weight of a friend going along for the ride on a
>quarter mile drag race, will cost us two tenths of a second:
>http://www.----------.com/thunderb.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:--------------------

You need to get skinney-er friends<g>.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:33:13 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> I can tell you the weight of a friend going along for the ride on a
>quarter mile drag race, will cost us two tenths of a second:
>http://www.----------.com/thunderb.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:--------------------

You need to get skinney-er friends<g>.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 19:33:13 -0700, L.W.(ßill) ------ III
<----------@***.net> wrote:

> I can tell you the weight of a friend going along for the ride on a
>quarter mile drag race, will cost us two tenths of a second:
>http://www.----------.com/thunderb.htm
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>mailto:--------------------

You need to get skinney-er friends<g>.

--
Old Crow
'82 Shovelhead FLT 92" 'Pearl'
'95 Jeep YJ Rio Grande
ASE Certified Master Auto Tech + L1
TOMKAT, BS#133, SENS, MAMBM, DOF#51

 

I've suddenly developed a migraine!!


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LXEVc.31238$cT6.4313@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Einstein's equation states that the amount of energy you have is equal to
> the mass involved times the square of the speed of light. If 1 gram of
mass
> is converted into energy, then to determine how much energy is involved in
> ergs, you just multiply 1 gram by the speed of light squared, in units of
> centimeters per second.
>
> Energy in ergs = 1 gram x ( 30,000,000,000.0 cm/sec) x (30,000,000,000.0
> cm/sec).
>
> This equals 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ergs of energy.
>
> Now, to convert this into other physical units is a bit awkward but
doable.
> For instance, this is equal to the energy emitted by a 100 watt bulb
> (producing 100 x 10 million ergs/sec) for:
>
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0/(100 x 10,000,000) = 900,000,000,000.0
> seconds. Since there are about 30,000,000.0 seconds in a year, this means
> that a 100 watt bulb running for 30,000 years produces as much energy as 1
> gram of matter converted into energy. Or you can think of it as 30,000
> hundred-watt bulbs burning for one year - the output from a small town
> lighting system.
>
> There are other physical units you could use as well. If you don't like
> watts, you could use horse power. 1 HP = 745 watts, so 1 gram of matter
> converted into energy equals 1 HP expended for about 30,000/7.45 = 3500
> years. If you don't like grams, you could use pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams
so
> 1 pound converted to energy gives you 453 x (
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ) ergs. If you like BTUs, however, 1 BTU =
> 1055 Joules or 10.55 billion ergs per second over one second of time. 1
BTU
> = 100 watts ( 100 joules/sec) x 10.55 seconds. 1 gram converted to energy
> would then equal an expenditure of 1 BTU for:
>
> 900,000,000,000.0 / 10.55 = 9,000,000,000.0 seconds or about 300 years.
>
>

 

I've suddenly developed a migraine!!


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LXEVc.31238$cT6.4313@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Einstein's equation states that the amount of energy you have is equal to
> the mass involved times the square of the speed of light. If 1 gram of
mass
> is converted into energy, then to determine how much energy is involved in
> ergs, you just multiply 1 gram by the speed of light squared, in units of
> centimeters per second.
>
> Energy in ergs = 1 gram x ( 30,000,000,000.0 cm/sec) x (30,000,000,000.0
> cm/sec).
>
> This equals 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ergs of energy.
>
> Now, to convert this into other physical units is a bit awkward but
doable.
> For instance, this is equal to the energy emitted by a 100 watt bulb
> (producing 100 x 10 million ergs/sec) for:
>
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0/(100 x 10,000,000) = 900,000,000,000.0
> seconds. Since there are about 30,000,000.0 seconds in a year, this means
> that a 100 watt bulb running for 30,000 years produces as much energy as 1
> gram of matter converted into energy. Or you can think of it as 30,000
> hundred-watt bulbs burning for one year - the output from a small town
> lighting system.
>
> There are other physical units you could use as well. If you don't like
> watts, you could use horse power. 1 HP = 745 watts, so 1 gram of matter
> converted into energy equals 1 HP expended for about 30,000/7.45 = 3500
> years. If you don't like grams, you could use pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams
so
> 1 pound converted to energy gives you 453 x (
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ) ergs. If you like BTUs, however, 1 BTU =
> 1055 Joules or 10.55 billion ergs per second over one second of time. 1
BTU
> = 100 watts ( 100 joules/sec) x 10.55 seconds. 1 gram converted to energy
> would then equal an expenditure of 1 BTU for:
>
> 900,000,000,000.0 / 10.55 = 9,000,000,000.0 seconds or about 300 years.
>
>

 

I've suddenly developed a migraine!!


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LXEVc.31238$cT6.4313@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Einstein's equation states that the amount of energy you have is equal to
> the mass involved times the square of the speed of light. If 1 gram of
mass
> is converted into energy, then to determine how much energy is involved in
> ergs, you just multiply 1 gram by the speed of light squared, in units of
> centimeters per second.
>
> Energy in ergs = 1 gram x ( 30,000,000,000.0 cm/sec) x (30,000,000,000.0
> cm/sec).
>
> This equals 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ergs of energy.
>
> Now, to convert this into other physical units is a bit awkward but
doable.
> For instance, this is equal to the energy emitted by a 100 watt bulb
> (producing 100 x 10 million ergs/sec) for:
>
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0/(100 x 10,000,000) = 900,000,000,000.0
> seconds. Since there are about 30,000,000.0 seconds in a year, this means
> that a 100 watt bulb running for 30,000 years produces as much energy as 1
> gram of matter converted into energy. Or you can think of it as 30,000
> hundred-watt bulbs burning for one year - the output from a small town
> lighting system.
>
> There are other physical units you could use as well. If you don't like
> watts, you could use horse power. 1 HP = 745 watts, so 1 gram of matter
> converted into energy equals 1 HP expended for about 30,000/7.45 = 3500
> years. If you don't like grams, you could use pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams
so
> 1 pound converted to energy gives you 453 x (
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ) ergs. If you like BTUs, however, 1 BTU =
> 1055 Joules or 10.55 billion ergs per second over one second of time. 1
BTU
> = 100 watts ( 100 joules/sec) x 10.55 seconds. 1 gram converted to energy
> would then equal an expenditure of 1 BTU for:
>
> 900,000,000,000.0 / 10.55 = 9,000,000,000.0 seconds or about 300 years.
>
>

 

I've suddenly developed a migraine!!


"Eric Shade" <augnero@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:LXEVc.31238$cT6.4313@fe2.columbus.rr.com...
> Einstein's equation states that the amount of energy you have is equal to
> the mass involved times the square of the speed of light. If 1 gram of
mass
> is converted into energy, then to determine how much energy is involved in
> ergs, you just multiply 1 gram by the speed of light squared, in units of
> centimeters per second.
>
> Energy in ergs = 1 gram x ( 30,000,000,000.0 cm/sec) x (30,000,000,000.0
> cm/sec).
>
> This equals 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ergs of energy.
>
> Now, to convert this into other physical units is a bit awkward but
doable.
> For instance, this is equal to the energy emitted by a 100 watt bulb
> (producing 100 x 10 million ergs/sec) for:
>
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0/(100 x 10,000,000) = 900,000,000,000.0
> seconds. Since there are about 30,000,000.0 seconds in a year, this means
> that a 100 watt bulb running for 30,000 years produces as much energy as 1
> gram of matter converted into energy. Or you can think of it as 30,000
> hundred-watt bulbs burning for one year - the output from a small town
> lighting system.
>
> There are other physical units you could use as well. If you don't like
> watts, you could use horse power. 1 HP = 745 watts, so 1 gram of matter
> converted into energy equals 1 HP expended for about 30,000/7.45 = 3500
> years. If you don't like grams, you could use pounds. 1 pound = 453 grams
so
> 1 pound converted to energy gives you 453 x (
> 900,000,000,000,000,000,000.0 ) ergs. If you like BTUs, however, 1 BTU =
> 1055 Joules or 10.55 billion ergs per second over one second of time. 1
BTU
> = 100 watts ( 100 joules/sec) x 10.55 seconds. 1 gram converted to energy
> would then equal an expenditure of 1 BTU for:
>
> 900,000,000,000.0 / 10.55 = 9,000,000,000.0 seconds or about 300 years.
>
>

 

On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:16:18 GMT, "Mindy"
<savagebrave@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>was knocking this around with the guys at work:
>
> I am taking a long drive out west from the DFW area in my 2001 Grand
>Cherokee...do some 4 wheeling in Sedona and Vegas....
>
>The question is, do you get better gas milage out of a half tank of gas vs a
>full tank and the added weight thus of...this considering I will have
>changed the oil, new air filter and adjust the tire pressure before leaving
>out...
>
>Thanks all you great minds of Jeep owners.......

It's really irrelevant, since IMHO you should always head out into the
boonies with a full tank for safety's sake. It will also lower your CG
slightly.

John


John Davies TLCA 14732
http://home.comcast.net/~johnedavies/
'96 Lexus LX450
'00 Audi A4 1.8T quattro
Spokane WA USA