Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbone
In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all of the world's nuclear weapons combined.
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An average hurricane
produces about 6 x 10^14 Watts, so in ten minutes releases 3.6 x 10^17 Joules.
1 kiloton of TNT is equivalent of about 4 x 10^12 Joules.
All nuclear bomb tests carried out to date have released the energy about 510,000 kilotons of TNT, which comes to about 2 x 10^18 joules.
So it's false. But a similar sounding statement is true:
"In an hour, an average hurricane releases as much energy as all the world's nuclear weapons tests combined."