On 7 April 2014 05:47, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> What the hell? You're confusing the difference between power and energy,
> they are not the same thing and if you insist on multiplying the capacity
> of your solar cells by a factor of 8670  (or even a 8760 ) then I can
> multiply what's needed to run human technology by that same 8670 factor and
> the percentages would remain the same.
>
> Sadly this happened in a school physics exam my son sat a few months back.
If physics teachers can't get this one right, what chance have the rest of
us?

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