Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL if you funneled the water from Niagara Falls through a straw, it would probably destroy the planet.www.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL if you funneled the water from Niagara Falls through a straw, it would probably destroy the planet.www.youtube.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoNo, I’m not going to click on a yt link for such a topic, but: if it were that easy to destroy the planet, why hasn’t it be done - so?
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoCuz it’s not actually possible to do (as explained in the video), but if you could then shenanigans ensue
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoRephrased - If you broke the laws of physics in a very specific way to force the full flow of Niagara Falls into a stream the size of a straw, the energy released would destroy the planet.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days ago If you broke the laws of physics in a very specific way Oh well, then… I didn’t think it was that easy 😂
minus-squareLostXOR@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoThe video is an adaptation of the original text writeup (which I also greatly prefer): https://what-if.xkcd.com/147
No, I’m not going to click on a yt link for such a topic, but: if it were that easy to destroy the planet, why hasn’t it be done - so?
Cuz it’s not actually possible to do (as explained in the video), but if you could then shenanigans ensue
Rephrased - If you broke the laws of physics in a very specific way to force the full flow of Niagara Falls into a stream the size of a straw, the energy released would destroy the planet.
Oh well, then… I didn’t think it was that easy 😂
The video is an adaptation of the original text writeup (which I also greatly prefer): https://what-if.xkcd.com/147