On: A candle produces roughly the same amount of energ...

[moogly]

I do not know what am I supposed to do with this information of questionable accuracy.

[josefresco → moogly]

I submitted this for three reasons:

1. It's John Carmack.

2. It's "sciencey".

3. It (his assertions) seemed slightly "under informed" or vague, and I wanted to see what the HN crowd had to say given the wide array of expertise.

So happy to see it climb to the front page to see this debate pan out!