duncanFeb 20
NO KINGS München

In our Inbox:

My 13-year-old son just said, “Mum, I think I have a good idea. The people in America protesting ICE should call themselves LAVA — Local And Very Angry. And lava melts ice. You should post that and see if it's a good idea"

We’re about as far away from the United States as you can get, here in Perth, Western Australia. But I hope the people over there know that even a young boy on the other side of the world can see when something isn’t right.

Emily, Perth

Feb 15 at 8:18pmMastodon for Android
Show threadNO KINGS MünchenFeb 16
We had a missinformation, sorry!
The LAVA quote comes from Kaylie Morphew (threads.com/@kaylie.morphew)
Show threadduncanFeb 20
@NO_KINGS_muc
Thanks! So great seeing self-correction posts on social media! #honesty #humility #integrity
Show threadTinaFeb 16

@NO_KINGS_muc Sadly Lava has a specific heat capacity of <1kJ/kgK, while Ice has slightly above 2kJ/kgK, a specific melting energy of 334kJ/kg, Water then has a specific heat capacity of over 4kJ/kgK, and a specific vapourizing energy of about 2200kJ/kg.

Since hot lava is not just going to melt ice on contact, but vapourize the water: Suppose you've got 1kg of 1200°C lava. This thus has an energy of less than 1500kJ.

Suppose you've got ice at -20°C. Then for each kg of ice you'll need over 20*2+334=374kJ to melt. So theoretically we could melt 3–4kg of ice. But since until say 200°C the molten water is going to evaporate pretty fast this means for ~1000kJ you need to also heat the water to 100°C (420kJ/kg) and vapourize it (2.2MJ/kg).

So all in all you'd have ~3MJ/kg of ice. So this 1000kJ can evaporate only ⅓kg of ice. The remainig 200kJ to 0°C will maybe rather melt the ice, but at this point you have only energy for melting a bit more than ½kg of ice. So all in all 1kg of 1200°C lava will only melt ~1kg of ice at -20°C.

So don't think this would be overly effective.

Show threadNO KINGS MünchenFeb 16
@lazy that is why dreams vaporice ....
Show threadBrahmsFeb 16
@lazy @NO_KINGS_muc insane nerdsnipe, I love it!
Show threadOliFeb 16

@lazy @NO_KINGS_muc
So as long as LAVA outnumber ICE by more than 2:1, victory for LAVA ??

No problem!

( my brain isnt quite right ATM so I might have read that totally wrong!)

Show threadWesDymFeb 16
@OliverNoble Looks like it might require at least 3:1, though I admit I'm not mathing well today. Still, I think we have those numbers, easily.
Show threadnotsoloudFeb 16
@wesdym
But are we counting by weight or by volume? (And I think it's a Great slogan, it's a political statement, not high school physics coursework)
@OliverNoble
Show threadWesDymFeb 16

@notsoloud Mass. If 1 kg lava vaporizes 1/3 kg of ice, then you need 3 kg lava to vaporize 1 kg ice.

But that's doable. Decent people vastly out-number these assholes.

Show threadGondorFeb 16

@lazy @NO_KINGS_muc

Well. That's a quite scientific way of killing creativity. 🤨
Are you watching movies and cartoons the same way?

I find this idea awesome.
Let them feel the heat.
GO LAVA ✊

Show threadWesDymFeb 16
@lazy Nevertheless, I'd be willing to back experiments to see what actuallly happens if we bring hot lava into contact with ICE.
Show threadBlackoverflowFeb 17

@lazy
@NO_KINGS_muc
Good thing that there is like 100 times more LAVA than ICE.

LAVA does not fight alone. Once the vulcano erupts, LAVA will reform the very land!

Show threadTinaFeb 17
@blackoverflow @NO_KINGS_muc Yes, and it might also prove that ICE is less cool than they think they are!
Show threadTinaFeb 21
@blackoverflow @NO_KINGS_muc Like, they say it's ice, but it is actually just mush ...
Show threadTinaFeb 21
@blackoverflow @NO_KINGS_muc Because, you know, ice actually has integrity ...
Show threadDaveKazFeb 18
@lazy @NO_KINGS_muc this may be the most Mastodon reply ever.
Show threadDagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥Feb 16

@NO_KINGS_muc

Yes 💗
Isn't it amazing?

When I was still on Facebook, an American woman got miffed and said 'Mind your own business'. She said even more, but hey, she's in the past.
The thing is that so many don't realise how important the USA is, it impacts so much in so many different countries.

Show threadVHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦Feb 16
@NO_KINGS_muc awesome #uspol
Show threadDarwin WoodkaFeb 16

@NO_KINGS_muc

"The whole world is watching", as the kids used to chant

Show threadCassandraFeb 16
@NO_KINGS_muc I'm into it. 🌋🧊😎
Show threadSmiling HereticFeb 16
@NO_KINGS_muc @JugglingWithEggs What a clever lad he is!
Show threadThe Gneech! Awww YeahFeb 17
@NO_KINGS_muc Please tell your son that it is an AMAZING idea, and thank you to both of you! <3
Show threadJoshFeb 17
@NO_KINGS_muc @noondlyt Team #lava!
Show threadsuper_user_doFeb 17
@NO_KINGS_muc No shit bro that's actually a great idea
Show threadBoogiechild😊Feb 22
@NO_KINGS_muc wow! he's on the right track.