Re: momentum

[Herbert H Gottlieb <herbgottlieb@JUNO.COM>]

On Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:25:09 -0500 Gary Karshner <karshner@STMARYTX.EDU>
writes:
> Herb,
>        You stated:
> > 1. Do we assume that the tree is a 1,000 year old California
> > Redwood with a trunk over 2 feet in diameter...  .....
> > or a is it a Maple seedling having a trunk diameter that is less
> > than an inch?
>        As a refugee from behind the "Redwood Curtain" I would like to
> point out that a 1,000 year old tree would definitely be over 2 feet, by
at
> least a factor of five. (I guess that is good enough for a Fermi problem

> solution.)
>        What happens to the energy in these collisions?


Response to Gary and all....

It is my PROFESSIONAL opinion that energy, in these collisions, is
conserved.

Herb Gottlieb from New York City
(Who owns a picknic table made of genuine California Redwood)