And that's just what hits us, a tiny spec 8 light minutes away. It outputs our yearly energy usage in about a microsecond, and converts 4 million tons of mass

And that's just what hits us, a tiny spec 8 light minutes away. It outputs our yearly energy usage in about a microsecond, and converts 4 million tons of mass to energy per second. However, per unit volume, it's putting out energy about the same as a compost heap.