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minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up64arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoOur planet actually gets roughly 50 tonnes lighter every year. (We gain 40t from meteors but also lose about 90t of hydrogen.) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/sept-1-2018-gene-editing-in-dogs-wildfire-prediction-zika-fizzles-and-more-1.4804892/is-earth-getting-heavier-or-lighter-1.4804900
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down4·edit-22 months agoMath does not check out. 40 - 90 = -50. Not 50,000. Edit: from the source, the correct statement is “We gain 40 000 t from meteors but also lose about 90 000 t of hydrogen.“
minus-squareddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up45·2 months agoWhat is heavier, one ton of meteors or one ton of hydrogen?
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoOnly if you use imperial units. The article uses tonnes, which is a unit of mass, not weight.
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYes but I would interpret “heavy” to be a function of weight, not mass.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSteel is heavier than feathers
minus-squareJay@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWhoops my bad, my brain was in a different place while I typed.
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoDon’t forget to account for all the helium leaking out of balloons. That’s part of the reason the earth gets lighter too.
minus-squareEvacuateSoul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up29·edit-22 months agoAnd every time they manufacture a Bic, the world gets a little lighter.
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah, and when you burn that fuel it gets hotter, and that makes it a little lighter too.
minus-squareDannyBoy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoThere’s two men in a boat, and they have three cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
minus-squareDem Bosain@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoTwo men in a boat is already pretty hot for some people.
Our planet actually gets roughly 50 tonnes lighter every year. (We gain 40t from meteors but also lose about 90t of hydrogen.) https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/sept-1-2018-gene-editing-in-dogs-wildfire-prediction-zika-fizzles-and-more-1.4804892/is-earth-getting-heavier-or-lighter-1.4804900
Math does not check out.
40 - 90 = -50. Not 50,000.
Edit: from the source, the correct statement is “We gain 40 000 t from meteors but also lose about 90 000 t of hydrogen.“
What is heavier, one ton of meteors or one ton of hydrogen?
African or European?
Depends on gravity ;-)
Only if you use imperial units. The article uses tonnes, which is a unit of mass, not weight.
Yes but I would interpret “heavy” to be a function of weight, not mass.
Steel is heavier than feathers
Well meteors are heavier than hydrogen
Whoops my bad, my brain was in a different place while I typed.
Don’t forget to account for all the helium leaking out of balloons. That’s part of the reason the earth gets lighter too.
And every time they manufacture a Bic, the world gets a little lighter.
Yeah, and when you burn that fuel it gets hotter, and that makes it a little lighter too.
There’s two men in a boat, and they have three cigarettes but no matches. How do they manage to smoke?
Two men in a boat is already pretty hot for some people.