John and Hank challenge Nerdfighteria to work out whether Moon pasta is more energy-efficient than Earth beef (2010)
ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2011-02-09) · owner: both
In November 2010 John and Hank challenged Nerdfighteria to work out whether pasta fetched from the Moon is more energy-efficient than Earth beef. Within a week viewers' calculations unanimously found Moon pasta far less efficient, and John declared the question answered, earning Nerdfighters the right to challenge the brothers.
Part of: Animal sex week: a vlogbrothers week of videos on animal mating (2010)
About: space pasta, Mike Lombardo, TheDanc1ngHawk
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-26 | asked | John and Hank challenge Nerdfighteria to determine whether pasta fetched from the Moon (Apollo 11) is more energy-efficient per calorie than Earth beef. (playful) | p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger 00:02:05 |
| 2010-12-01 | result reported | Hank reports the answers to the space pasta question: all calculations found Moon pasta much less efficient than Earth beef; his favourites estimate about 400 and about 6,500 times worse. | Makin' Babies: A Song 00:02:15 |
| 2010-12-03 | closed | John declares the space pasta question answered (Nerdfighters proved Moon pasta far less efficient than Earth beef), noting Stanage's space-shuttle caveat, so they earn a challenge. | Giant Squids OF LOVE 00:02:55 |
| 2011-02-09 | result reported | John lists determining that moon pasta is more efficient than Earth beef among Nerdfighteria's accomplishments. (playful) | NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) 00:01:48 |
What is said about it
7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — ask: Hank asks whether flying Apollo 11 to the Moon, filling the capsule with pasta and shipping it back would be more energy-intensive per calorie than growing a cow. (playful) — 00:02:23 · also in: John and Hank Hanging Out but they Keep Getting Younger and More Pixelated
- 2010-11-26 · p4a, Space Pasta, and Giant Squids of Anger — John: Saying they couldn't figure it out, John tells Nerdfighteria that if they determine whether moon pasta beats earth beef, the brothers will let them challenge them to do something horrible. (playful) — 00:02:46
- 2010-12-01 · Makin' Babies: A Song — Hank reports Mike Lombardo's calculation, counting only the rocket trip to the Moon and back with the pasta: about 400 times more energy-intensive than growing a cow, which Hank thinks seems low. — 00:02:24
- 2010-12-01 · Makin' Babies: A Song — Hank reports the Dancing Hawk's calculation, which includes shipping supplies to build a lunar farm: Moon pasta about 6,500 times less efficient than Earth beef, which Hank finds sound. — 00:02:39
- 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John tells Nerdfighters that because they proved space pasta far less efficient than Earth beef, they now get to challenge the brothers to do something difficult and/or horrible. — 00:02:45
- 2010-12-03 · Giant Squids OF LOVE — John notes a Nerdfighter named Stanage found space pasta might beat Earth beef if the space shuttle rather than Apollo 11 picked it up, provided pasta were already on the Moon, which as far as we know it isn't. (hedged) — 00:02:56
- 2011-02-09 · NERDFIGHTERS UNITE! (in your pants) — John lists more feats: Nerdfighters broke the email inbox of Warner Chilcott's CEO, determined that moon pasta is more efficient than Earth beef, and transcribed every vlogbrothers video at nerdfighteria.info. (playful) — 00:01:44