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In reply to the discussion: North Tower Exploding... [View all]AZCat
(8,345 posts)15. Oh, I don't?
It's interesting that you assume everyone else has the same level of ignorance as you.
No, you don't need an official energy budget. Why would you? Are you a building design professional with a vested interest in preventing future collapses? If not, then you're not a relevant party to the discussion. If you are, then it's likely (unless you're incompetent) obvious to you that the available energy is in excess of what was required and an official energy budget is not required.
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I don't know and you don't know. Maybe we should ask NIST for an investigation that tells us.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#13
Your inability to digest the information in the NIST report dictates your irrelevancy.
AZCat
Dec 2013
#19
As I said, it implies that the actual collapse was too orderly for the models to recreate.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#40
Some people wave Big Fat Books to give the illusion of support for their empty claims.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#59
By the way - you seem to have a bad habit of editing your posts (usually multiple times).
AZCat
Dec 2013
#53
Writing is rewriting. Only bots with libraries of canned responses get it right the 1st time nt
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#56
If you can say, "NIST doesn't give me any arguments to ignore," you've ignored a lot
William Seger
Dec 2013
#32
I don't need to demonstrate that it's nonsence after YOU'VE demonstrated that.
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#36
The video makes the Bush Administration's "investigation" of 9-11 appear crooked. K&R (nt)
T S Justly
Dec 2011
#3