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Serious error in coal production rate.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:20 pm
by Just A Bill
I believe there is a problem with the rate of production of coal. According to a classic song 16 tons of coal is a reasonable amount of coal to be mined in one day. This converts to 14 514 955.8 grams. Since that is not an even number perhaps you could round it off to an even 14 million.
Please correct this oversight as soon as possible.
http://www.ernieford.com/Sixteen%20Tons.htm
Thanks,
Just A Bill
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:27 pm
by Black Canyon
Re: Serious error in coal production rate.
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 11:32 pm
by Nick
Just A Bill wrote:This converts to 14 514 955.8 grams.
Who says that a Cantr gram equals a real life gram?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 12:08 am
by The Industriallist
Better arguement...I'm not going to go see if that actually meant for one person to mine or for an entire mine, or anything like that, but I can address it directly.
Maybe you could mine that with training and post-industrial-refolution machinery. I kind of doubt you could get it by hand mining. Or even 'drilling' with hand-powered machines.
Black Canyon wrote: 
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:53 am
by Just A Bill
They are talking about reasonably modern mining (50-100 yrs ago), for one person, working in an established mine. Of course they had explosives, which can really speed up the process
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:28 am
by Nick
Did you not read my post dude? A Cantr gram doesn't equal a metric gram.
Real people can't survive off 100g potatoes a day either.
Nor do houses weigh 25 kilograms.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:23 am
by Riddrev
Perhaps Cantrians are just really really small?
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 6:41 am
by Nick
Even in that case, if you are smaller you would also logically gather less coal.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:12 am
by Riddrev
Nick wrote:Even in that case, if you are smaller you would also logically gather less coal.
Thats what I was meaning.
Smaller people means that you can harvest less coal and you need less food and so on.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:27 pm
by SekoETC
Ain't that obvious? I suggested ages ago that Cantrians are midgets... It's still out there somewhere.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 4:51 pm
by Antichrist_Online
Cantrian's are strange creatures that live in Jos's garden, all the problems seem to happen when Ireland gets too much rain.
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:05 pm
by Riddrev
Antichrist_Online wrote:Cantrian's are strange creatures that live in Jos's garden, all the problems seem to happen when Ireland gets too much rain.
Hmmm, that reminds me of something...
Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.
Dance your cares away,
Worry's for another day.
Let the music play,
Down at Fraggle Rock.
Down at Fraggle Rock.
Down at Fraggle Rock
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 3:51 pm
by Razorlance
Yes, Cantrians are directly descended from Doozers.
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 5:48 pm
by madprofit
Razorlance that is the best theory i have heard in al ong time
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2004 7:42 pm
by Peanut
Well the way i figure is.
The coal is mined on the survace. Therefore it's a smaller ammount then if it was mined in a mine. It's the same for all metals and stones really.