Bill Stoneberg Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Does Santa really exist, lets look at the logic behind him...There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world. However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist (except maybe in Japan) religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the population reference bureau). At an average (census) rate of 3.5 children per household, that comes to 108 million homes, presuming there is at least one good child in each.Santa has about 31 hours of Christmas to work with, thanks to the different time zones and the rotation of the earth, assuming east to west (which seems logical). This works out to 967.7 visits per second. This is to say that for each Christian household with a good child, Santa has around 1/1000th of a second to park the sleigh, hop out, jump down the chimney, fill the stocking, distribute the remaining presents under the tree, eat whatever snacks have been left for him, get back up the chimney, jump into the sleigh and get onto the next house.Assuming that each of these 108 million stops is evenly distributed around the earth (which, of course, we know to be false, but will accept for the purposes of our calculations), we are now talking about 0.78 miles per household; a total trip of 75.5 million miles, not counting bathroom stops or breaks.This means Santa’s sleigh is moving at 650 miles per second--3,000 times the speed of sound. For purposes of comparison, the fastest man made vehicle, the Ulysses space probe, moves at a poky 27.4 miles per second, and a conventional reindeer can run (at best) 15 miles per hour. The payload of the sleigh adds another interesting element. Assuming that each child gets nothing more than a medium sized LEGO set (two pounds), the sleigh is carrying over 500 thousand tons, not counting Santa himself. On land, a conventional reindeer can pull no more than 300 pounds. Even granting that the "flying" reindeer can pull 10 times the normal amount, the job can’t be done with eight or even nine of them---Santa would need 360,000 of them. This increases the payload, not counting the weight of the sleigh, another 54,000 tons, or roughly seven times the weight of the Queen Elizabeth (the ship, not the monarch).600,000 tons traveling at 650 miles per second creates enormous air resistance—this would heat up the reindeer in the same fashion as a spacecraft re-entering the earth’s atmosphere. The lead pair of reindeer would adsorb 14.3 quintillion joules of energy per second each. In short, they would burst into flames almost instantaneously, exposing the reindeer behind them and creating deafening sonic booms in their wake. The entire reindeer team would be vaporized within 4.26 thousandths of a second, or right about the time Santa reached the fifth house on his trip.Not that it matters, however, since Santa, as a result of accelerating from a dead stop to 650 m.p.s. in .001 seconds, would be subjected to acceleration forces of 17,000 g’s. A 250 pound Santa (which seems ludicrously slim) would be pinned to the back of the sleigh by 4,315,015 pounds of force, instantly crushing his bones and organs, and reducing him to a quivering blob of pink goo.Therefore, if Santa did exist, he’s dead now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Oh Bill Logic doesnt count, you just have to believe. Take the test and watch the Polor Express and see if you hear the bell, then get back with usI believe, I can hear the bellMerry ChristmasChuck Kerls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cadillac Country Club Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Wow that is some math job lol. I guess the Santa tracker that I watch on the computer is giving off bad data lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Stoneberg Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Oh Bill Logic doesnt count, you just have to believe. Take the test and watch the Polor Express and see if you hear the bell, then get back with usI believe, I can hear the bellMerry ChristmasChuck KerlsChuck I never said I was a non believer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glassesguy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Ya just gotta believe!! Merry Christmas to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booreatta Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Chuck I never said I was a non believerBill I know you believe, just giving you a hard time, just want to make sure Santa comes to your houseChuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1957buickjim Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Santa didn't study law, therefore conventional laws (like physics and gravity) don't apply! Merry Christmas to all and to all a Good Night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I know about this stuff: Merry Christmas!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Bill, believing in Santa is sorta like believing in this hobby. Restoring cars often defies the forces of nature, but it happens. Also the raindeers often break the wind causing the sleigh to multiply in speed exponentially... Besides I looked in my wallet this morning and found some green stuff. That makes me believe. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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