You poor, poor fools. Kinetic Energy, it is not the thing to be after.. it's all about momentum, baby!

You see, momentum's got direction, whereas crappy scalar energy's got squat! When I fscking wave my arms around, I accomplish something dag-nammit! Whereas you dissipate to nothing as heat, (macroscopically speaking) I am ALWAYS conserved both macroscopically and microscopically.

In conclusion,
Emm Vee rules over one half Emm Vee squared,
At least when by me the physics are so bared.