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autistic-scientist:

I had a dream last night — that Jesus’ miracle of turning water into wine

[John 2:1-11]

was the catalyzation of:

C₂H₄ + H₂0 —> C₂H₅OH

The enthalpy of that reaction is 97 kJ/mol — and since Jesus transmuted 120-180 gallons of water [with 210 moles H₂0 per gallon] — that would have been 25,200-37,800 moles of H₂0, requiring ~3,055,500 kJ of energy.

Though upon further reflection [after the dream] — I suppose he could have also taken

• glucose [C₆H₁₂O₆] to pyruvate [C₃H₃O₃] — using glycolysis
• pyruvate to acetaldehyde [C₂H₄O] — using pyruvate decarboxylase, losing a CO₂
• acetaldehyde to ethanol [C₂H₅OH] — using alcohol dehyrogenase, consuming an NADH

(via autistic-scientist-deactivated2)