Re: burning manure in Waco

[CAVM@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/26/2001 9:31:28 AM Central Standard Time, crispin@newdawn.sz writes:


> You wrote:
> "They burned cleanly and efficiently with little ash and moderate (9000)
> BTU."
>
> Could you please explain what that unit means?  BTU/pound?
>
> How many Megajoules is that per Kg?
>
> Many thanks
> Crispin the mostly metric



Hey, I am the one who preceeds most post by saying that I am an accountant not an engineer.  Lets see, if we divide the speed of light with the speed of sound we find that most people look stupid even before we hear what they have said, but I digress.

I think a megajoule is 10,000 BTU, if so, a kilo being 2.2 lbs would mean that , heck I don't know.  2 mj/kg?  I think I lost a decimal place somewhere.  If you find it please put it back.

I have some chance of grasping metric weight, distance and volume but metric time is beyond me.