Article's author also confuses units: "The entire planet’s electrical consumption is right around 5 terawatt-hours." ...consumption is of course power, i.

Article's author also confuses units: "The entire planet’s electrical consumption is right around 5 terawatt-hours." ...consumption is of course power, i.e. watts, not energy, i.e. watt-hours. That is not to mention that 5TW is a wrong estimate: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=world+electricity+consumption+in+terrawatts http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=world+electricity+consu...