Quote Originally Posted by LordSmaug
I don't think that the collapse could have been caused by the fire.
Oh, well I guess that settles it.
I did some research
You mean you read a whole bunch of conspiracy theorist websites?
and basically I found out that there's absolutely no way that the center columbs where melted by jet-fuel.
Yup.
Steel melts at 2500 degrees F. The Jet fuel burns at around 425 degrees F and it would have all burned up within a minute or two leaving shit around the office to burn until the buildings actually collapsed.
First of all, jet fuel burns at 800°F to 1500°F, not 425°. And it wasn't the only thing burning...airplane seats, luggage, computers, office desks, and things like that continued to burn too. A lot of it was made out of wood and hydrocarbon-based plastics which can sustain very high temperatures for a long time.
And you have to take into account the fact that these planes couldn't have been fully fueled.
Not fully, but they had taken off from Boston and were headed for the west coast, so they were mostly full.
And steels critical tempurature is at 1,100 degrees F, where it loses about half of it's stability.
Right. The intense heat of the burning jet fuel, airplane parts and office materials was able to get the steel up to about that temperature, and the structure was unable to sustain the loss of stability.
Remember that the North tower had an intense fire in 1975 and suffered no structural damage.
But did it have a giant gaping hole in it caused by an aircraft smashing into the side of the building at full speed? Believe it or not, that kind of thing can cause some structural problems.
In any case, a fire couldn't possibly have brought down those buildings. It's scientifically impossible.
How so? You haven't shown me that it is.
I'm sure there's a logical explanation that the official report fucked up on. -the official report says that they collapsed solely because of a fire-
Well, if it was caused by the building being filled with tons and tons of explosives, that would have been easily detectable by the firemen. Were they all in on the conspiracy too?
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