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Also that only 1/3 of the water flows over the falls. The rest is diverted off to make electricity.
Rephrased - If you broke the laws of physics in a very specific way to force the full flow of Niagara Falls into a stream the size of a straw, the energy released would destroy the planet.
No, I’m not going to click on a yt link for such a topic, but: if it were that easy to destroy the planet, why hasn’t it be done - so?
Cuz it’s not actually possible to do (as explained in the video), but if you could then shenanigans ensue
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Rephrased - If you broke the laws of physics in a very specific way to force the full flow of Niagara Falls into a stream the size of a straw, the energy released would destroy the planet.
Oh well, then… I didn’t think it was that easy 😂
The video is an adaptation of the original text writeup (which I also greatly prefer): https://what-if.xkcd.com/147