The reason people don't think it's because in their mind they don't understand a Watt is. Your average gasoline gallon has 33kW worth of energy in it, which c

The reason people don't think it's because in their mind they don't understand a Watt is. Your average gasoline gallon has 33kW worth of energy in it, which can drive your car for about 35 miles or around 1kW / mile. Look at your average table saw running at 600W of consumption and consider that piece of hardware is using up enough power to move your 3000 pound car a little over half a mile.