Orchid XP v3 wrote:
>>> Can anybody suggest why this might be?
>>
>>
>> It's because heat represents a huge amount of energy.
>>
>> For instance, the humble calorie, the amount of energy required to 
>> raise a single gram of water by one degree celsius, is the same amount 
>> of energy required to lift that same gram of water about 387 meters in 
>> Earth's gravity, or accelerate it from zero to 87 meters per second.
> 
> Damn... pitty we can't use heat to do *useful* stuff!

Heat already does useful things.  For instance, it causes cute girls to 
wear skimpy clothing.

Regards,
John

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