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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-29-05 10:56 PM
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19. Can we have some basic energy calculations here please?
How many kilocalories of energy does it take to get 1 kilocalorie's worth of energy from the sands? The first number had better be lower than the second, or the sands are an energy sink, not an energy source. If the first number is higher, the sands aren't an energy supply at all, just another mineral like iron or copper ore.

Nature does not deal in dollars, Euros or yen, but in kilocalories. And nature bats last.
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