Well, that's a good metric news. Terrawatts are handy: In 2020, the global mankind heat release (fossil and nuclear) will amount to the easily remembered 20 TW (a third twenty). Considering that energy absorbed as heat from the Sun amounts to 3600 TW, people will be adding about 0.055 %. Stan J.
On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 5:07 PM James R. Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote: > With one exception, this article is entirely metric. Unfortunately, the > webpage builders failed to use the <sup> command to place the "13" into > the superscript position and did not use a caret in its stead, so we see > "1013". Of course the spokesman could have used a unit prefix: terawatt > (TW). > > I think this is the first time I've seen the power rating of a hurricane > being given: 50 TW to 200 TW. Likewise the rate of energy consumption by > all mankind: 10 TW in 1990. > > Jim Frysinger > > > https://www.foxnews.com/science/nuke-hurricanes-scientists-explain-why-nuclear-bombs-hurricanes > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stoney Point Mtn Rd > Doyle TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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