Greg D. Moore (Strider) wrote:

Funny enough I had a dream last night that I was arguing with someone about
the amount of information in a shuttle SRB vs. an oak tree the same size.
We determined an oak tree had similar energy content and could be grown for
like a $1.00. The problem was trying to release the energy that quickly.

Piece of cake...throughly dry it, immerse in it nitric acid for a few
days, soak it in fresh water, and let it re-dry.
Your oak tree is now a giant piece of nitrocellulose (gun cotton).
The problem will then be to get it to burn slow enough, not fast enough.

Pat