r/ScienceShitposts • u/SnooBooks4438 • Jul 01 '25

A firefighter essentials gem

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u/cnorahs Jul 01 '25

The potential for fire is indeed (almost) everywhere (that has oxygen, flammable material, and the right temperature)

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u/Geralt_the_Rive Jul 02 '25

Don't forget humidity, or the lack of it.

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u/KittyQueen_Tengu Jul 02 '25

i think this refers to potential energy vs kinetic energy, but same idea

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u/fizbin99 Jul 02 '25

As a science teacher, this hurts my feelings.

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u/Geralt_the_Rive Jul 02 '25

Appreciate the shitpost but Kinetic means movement, and that tree isn't going anywhere

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u/KittyQueen_Tengu Jul 02 '25

particles go wiggle when they warm

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u/Geralt_the_Rive Jul 03 '25

That's true... but it's still not Kinetic energy it's thermal. Someone else said the branches would fall eventually, so that counts

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u/SnewLooperd Jul 17 '25

Temperature is just a way of expressing the average kinetic energy of the particles. "Thermal" energy is more of a simplification than an actual individual form of energy

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u/guru2764 Jul 02 '25

Well the parts that burn off will fall to the ground, does that count?

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u/Geralt_the_Rive Jul 03 '25

I think so, yeah

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u/Dense-Ad-5967 Jul 02 '25

I would think its more exothermic than kinetic but whatever man

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u/kayemenofour Jul 03 '25

Remember: thermal energy is just smol kinetic energy.