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How does this compare with nuclear energy released in an
explosion of a "1000 megaton" of nuclear weapon. The
megaton refers to TNT. Let me assume that the "heat of
combustion" of TNT is the same as for gasoline (~50 kJ/kg
= 5*10^4 kJ/ton = 5*10^10 joules/megaton = 5*10^13 joules
per bomb.) The number of such bombs needed would be
2*10^25/(5*10^13) or 400 billion.