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For giggles: A 3 square-foot pipe from here to Mars at Mars' closest point of approach would hold about 31.7 million metric tons of CO2 at atmospheric pressure
by jerf 5y ago
For giggles: A 3 square-foot pipe from here to Mars at Mars' closest point of approach would hold about 31.7 million metric tons of CO2 at atmospheric pressure [1], which looks to be about 2 day's worth of US emissions.
[1]: https://www.google.com/search?q=38.6+million+miles+*+3+feet%5E2+*+0.001836+g%2Fcc+in+metric+tons&hl=en&sxsrf=AOaemvIuGj8tL1x6xQDm3YTQ5lb5fDkDpg%3A1632509242217&ei=Oh1OYdjNDMO5tAaz24GgDw&oq=38.6+million+miles+*+3+feet%5E2+*+0.001836+g%2Fcc+in+metric+tons https://www.google.com/search?q=38.6+million+miles+*+3+feet%...
- diarrhea 5y agoI had trouble believing that (astronomic scales always seem so much more vast), but it checks out (SI units): p = 1e5 l = 38.6e9 * 1.61 A = 0.27871 R_m = 8.3141 M_CO2 = 12 + 16 * 2 R = R_m / (M_CO2 / 1000) T = 273.15 V = l * A m = p * V / (R * T) f"{m:_}" '33_558_455_134.769554'