Originally posted by wormser1971
As for your first point... The steel that had to be weakened was the steel that was not destroyed by the planes. I have brought that up to you before. You fail to comprehend the fact that 2 buildings, with completely different impact zones and angles, would have needed to have the high temperature fires reach steel that needed to be weakened, through obstructions, like walls and bathrooms, elevator shafts, stairwells etc. You love talking about the fire and how it spread, yet you have zero... ZERO background in thermodynamics, much like homage, and as such your claims need you to find anyone with that background who supports that theory. Fire is not like steel. It is a transforming beast. Heat does not immediately transfer into steel. There are several variables in the transfer of heat, such as the nature of the fire, fireproofing,air flow, vicinity to the fire, type of metal etc. that you have never given thought to.
As for the second point... I have shown you the devices that are patented for the task, and used because they are efficient with the minimum amount of thermite needed.
As for nuclear detonation... again, you show that you are not in any way having a serious discussion here. Look at the specs of the WTC buildings and how they were built. Much of the structure was dependent on the exterior trusses and the rest of the support was on the inner core. When the airplanes struck they did massive damage to the exterior trusses. Below is finite element analysis of the two buildings after the airplanes impacted.
http://www.luxinzheng.net/publications/english_WTC.htmHere is a visual computer simulation of the impact. Notice the massive damage to both the exterior and core trusses.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cddIgb1nGJ8