it was stated that the events that is aircraft crash & fire, constituted a trigger for the "collapse" of the tower(s) but the event itself was strictly gravity driven, and a function of the potential energy of the mass of the tower(s). OK, lets examine this closely shall we, in pictures of Manhattan right after the "collapse" of either the north or south tower, there is a cloud covering river to river and at least a third of a mile from south end to north, and in this volume given a figure of 10kg of stuff per cubic meter, ( educated guess, if somebody has another figure please post it ) and if then one were to calculate the volume involved and multiply by that 10kg/meter^3 how many tons of material would have to be dispersed in this cloud? and what is the required energy for not only the pulverization of mass quantities of material, but the dispersal of said material over a large area of lower Manhattan? and does this put the event over-budget with regards to how much energy could be expected to be in the potential energy of the tower mass?
have you seen this? http://911research.wtc7.net/papers/dustvolume/volumev4.html Just a bit of food for thought. Bon Appetit
The Potential Energy cannot be accurately computed without knowing the tons of steel and tons of concrete on every level. psik
The other feature of this is the focus and expression of that energy, if the tower was alleged to have X megajoules of energy available in its potential energy, how was that energy focused in order to produce the observed result?
and in two factors, the quantity of energy available and the focus of said energy, you are certain that the energy available without any addition from explosives or weaponized particle beam or anything of the sort, was most assuredly adequate to do the job of demolishing the towers & 7 ..... right?
Easy, forget which tower but the weight above was something like 91 million tons. Once the supports gave way, all that was left to stop it were each floor which was never intended to support any weight other than the floor and furnishings/people.
There were the levels of the tower, that constitute much more than just the floor, so with that in mind, what enabled the mass from above to not only completely destroy the structure level by level, but to stay focused such as to stay on top of the building so as to accomplish this task? See post #23 in "FEA data regarding WTC1" and think about what makes the total demolition of the tower any more likely than this outcome? May I also add that the damage from the alleged airliner crash would have made the distribution of resistance in the structure asymmetrical and non-uniform from the very start of the "collapse" event.
and Gravity is responsible for the focus of said energy when the alleged airliner crash would have made the pattern of resistance asymmetrical? do you have an explanation as to why the picture in post #23 in "FEA data regarding WTC1" is any less plausible or probable than the total demolition of the tower?
NOTHING on 9/11 was 'assymmetrical',nor was the demolition total. You're in error continuing to claim this - - - Updated - - - I'm certian....based on EVIDENCE,something you lack.
First I get claims that the destruction of the towers wasn't symmetrical or in any manner uniform because it was total chaos..... and then we get this statement, OK what is it? The alleged airliner crash to the tower(s) would have damaged parts of the levels where the airliner was alleged to have crashed, but not all of the structure would have been affected, and most certainly not in a uniform manner. I ask a simple question: why is the picture in post # 23 of "FEA data regarding WTC1" any less plausible or probable than the observed result? that is with .... or without help from explosives or other energetic materials or weaponized energy beams.
You could enlighten me as to the alleged gaps in what you assert that the EVIDENCE (at least the bit presented by the INSIDE JOB faction) lacks. My assertion that the energy that produced the observed result that is the destruction of WTC1,2 &7 would have to include focus to do the job properly, without focus, energy will express itself in a chaotic manner, and that is most likely to NOT produce the observed result, if you call it "less than total destruction" so be it but the towers & 7 were destroyed none the less. The raw calculation of "enough" energy to do the job is only part of the problem, the other part is the focus, how is it that this energy could be focused?
