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> Is it plausible that a 2 ton vehicle travelling at 40 mph is equivalent to 70 kg of TNT? I helps to know that TNT has roughly one tenth the energy density of
by cabalamat 16y ago
> Is it plausible that a 2 ton vehicle travelling at 40 mph is equivalent to 70 kg of TNT?
I helps to know that TNT has roughly one tenth the energy density of petrol (4 MJ/kg v. 40 MJ/kg). If it took 7 kg of fuel just to accelerate a vehicle to 40 mph, vehicles would have to carry vastly more fuel than they do.