> You've calculated that a year of energy consumption is equivalent to the kinetic energy of the atmosphere moving at 14m/s.
> This says nothing about how energy flows through the system, which is what will determine the impact on wind speeds.
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I'm not gonna teach you guys high school physics. You can look up E = (1/2)mv^2 in any Physics textbook or your favorite search engine.
Before you disagree further, try calculating this yourself. Look up how to calculate the final speed of an object from kinetic energy. Make sure you plug energy units (i.e. joules) into E and power units (i.e. watts) into P. This isn't hard math, and the necessary equations are all over the internet.
> The value you plugged in was a year of energy consumption. Why not a day, or a century?
...because when I pulled the number from wikipedia it said it was the energy consumption for a year, not for a day or a century.
> You're not using the equations incorrectly, but they're not telling you what you think they are.
> They are telling you - if we store up all the power use of humanity for this length of time, then use it to blow the air, how fast will it go.
...no, it's telling me if we collect the energy used by humanity during this length of time, then use it to blow the air, how fast will it go. You cannot use "energy" and "power" as if they were interchangeable, they are not.
What you may be missing is that these physics equations go both directions. If we take the blowing of the air and use it to produce the energy used by humanity during this length of time, we'd expect to see the same decrease in speed.
There's nothing wrong with my sentence. It might be a bit informal, but "power use for a length of time" is a quantity of energy.
The decrease in speed you're describing is one time, not continuous. This is the issue both parent and I are pointing out. It's a shame to me that you aren't willing to see your error and instead resort to nitpicking, but I'm not going to try to explain a third time.
This says nothing about how energy flows through the system, which is what will determine the impact on wind speeds.