This is pretty interesting, we eat more energy per day, than the energy released during an explosion of 1 kilogram of TNT; on Orders of Magnitude, the recommended food energy intake per day for a moderately active woman (about 2000 food calories) equates to around 8,400,000 Joules and that (8.4x10^6 J) sits right in between the energy released by an explosion of 1Kg of TNT (4.2x10^6 J) and the kinetic energy of an armor-piercing round fired by a tank destroyer (1x10^7 J). Thats pretty crazy when you think about it that way. They even measured the caloric energy consumed by Michael Phelps during his Olympic training, about 4.2x10^7 J. A moderately active man (recommended is 2600 food calories) equals 1.1x10^7 J.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:51:26 +0000
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