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minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days ago 12 megatons of dry carbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_of_the_human_body Carbon is supposed to make up about 18.5% of the mass of a human body. So 60 megatons divided by 18.5% is 324 megatons.
minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoNo. Fat is long hydrocarbon chains with a carbonic acid group on one end and then esterized to glycerol, formally propan- 1,2,3- triol.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_of_the_human_body
Carbon is supposed to make up about 18.5% of the mass of a human body. So 60 megatons divided by 18.5% is 324 megatons.
Are you calling us fat ?
No. Fat is long hydrocarbon chains with a carbonic acid group on one end and then esterized to glycerol, formally propan- 1,2,3- triol.