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Checkmate (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by fastandcurious to c/[email protected]

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[–] prime_number_314159 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm ignoring many factors for the sake of being able to answer. There are some kinds of heating, especially using burning fuels that are nearly 100% efficient, but we don't know why it needs to get to that temperature, or how long it needs to stay that hot - so even if the transfer of heat is 100% efficient, this computation may underestimate the actual needs.

[–] platypus_plumba 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ah, alright, I was feeling dumb because the formulas made no sense to me but it is just a model providing a practical approximation. Thanks!