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by whoomp12342 1463 days ago
if so little power, how does it fry a tree?
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trelane 1462 days ago
It's not so little power, it's so little _energy_ (power over some period of time). It's a crap-tonne of power, just over a _very_ short period of time.

And yes, power is what fries the tree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joule_heating

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whoomp12342 1456 days ago
mind=blown. I never considered the time factor
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