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If my understanding is correct there is curious difference in perceived scale with kinetic vs thermal energy. Based on a a rowing machine's advertised metrics,
by somewhereoutth 6y ago
If my understanding is correct there is curious difference in perceived scale with kinetic vs thermal energy. Based on a a rowing machine's advertised metrics, I calculated you could row across the English channel on half a packet of chocolate biscuits.
- ryanwaggoner 6y agoPut another way: I’ll have to spend an hour on the treadmill to work off the calories in this burger.
- burlesona 6y agoThis sounds interesting but I don't really understand, could you elaborate?
- somewhereoutth 6y ago1 biscuit = 85 cal 1000m rowing = 60 cal [1] English Channel = 35km (narrowest point) 35 * 60 / 85 = 24.7 biscuits! [1] https://darkhorserowing.com/how-to-translate-calories-to-meters https://darkhorserowing.com/how-to-translate-calories-to-met...
- burlesona 6y agoAh, got it. That's cool, thanks for sharing!
- epistasis 6y agoI'm not sure if this impacts your scenario, but the "calorie" commonly used in nutrition is actually a "kcal", or a thousand calories as used by physicists. Most confusing term for units ever.