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by potato3732842 205 days ago
Energy doesn't mean squat without a time component over which it's dissipated.

Stopping a car normally vs crashing a car. Skydiving with a parachute vs skydiving without a parachute.

For something like ship vs bridge you have to account for the crunch factor. USS Iowa going the same speed probably would've hit way harder despite having ~1/3 the tonnage.