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Originally Posted by kennyc
Not really a rant, but I just got (heard the thump on the driveway) the 30 pound Thanksgiving paper delivered - with all the Black Friday Ads -- 20 pounds directly to the trash and 10 pounds to read while the bird is cooking.  |
Hmm.... paper has an energy density of around 10–15 MJ/kg, so that 20lbs of waste paper would give off about 100MJ of energy when burned. 3.6MJ is 1kWh, so 100M is over 25 kWh, or 5kW for 5 hours.
That's more than enough to cook your turkey while you read the rest of the paper!