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[–] plagueship 4 points -2 points 2 points (+2|-4) ago
So a fully laden 767 is 180000kg and travelling at 400km/h
gives a kinetic energy of 1.1 billion joules of energy
Travelling at 500 km/h it's energy is now 1.7 billion joules (57% more energy)
Trump doesn't seem understand that the steel structure could not hold out against this and we even see it on film.
[–] KosherHiveKicker [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Jet Fuel doesn't cause "Demolition Squibs" that allow a 100 story structure to fall at free fall speeds.
[–] plagueship ago
Ok so if you look at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzAdWtdqVA&t=31s you can see that the building collapses where the squib is fired from, so all the floors fall together.
In the WTC the squib fires, but nothing happens until the top of the building reaches that point. Why wouldn't the building start falling from point of the squib?