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Checkmate (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by fastandcurious to c/[email protected]

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[–] prime_number_314159 3 points 10 months 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 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months 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!