Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whoa the 3 GW is for an entire year, correct? > No, gigawatts are a measure of power, not energy. I am forever mixing up MW (power) MJ (energy) and even MB (data storage!) so I understand your confusion here. The other day Brian Josephson mixed up MW and MJ. > You need to divide that by 8000 to get the *rate* of heat transfer in > kW/hr. > Watts are the rate of heat transfer. The heat is roughly 3 GW, which converts to about 1 GW of electricity. Very wasteful. > Now, I don’t claim to be an expert either – so why not leave it to experts? > It does not take an expert. Anyone can observe the performance of a teapot or water heater. If the person you are talking to claims that a 1 L Rossi cell cannot transfer 16 kW, he is not an expert. I will grant the 130 kW is problematic. - Jed
