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I agree. I can see it now, headline: "Massive scientific breakthrough -- 100 trillion Watts of power, enough to power all the US, from just a single AAA cell
by graycat 7y ago
I agree. I can see it now, headline:
"Massive scientific breakthrough -- 100 trillion Watts of power, enough to power all the US, from just a single AAA cell flashlight battery!!!"
Sure, but the headline omitted that the power lasts for only 10^(-100) seconds or so!
In the news business, energy and power are nearly synonymous. E.g., from sports writing we might get something like:
"On Sunday Quarterback Joe Testosteroni with his massive energy and power will come with his game face on, ready to play, and win if he possibly can."
So such sports writing is in the formula fiction pattern of the high drama of a desperate clash of titans.
Be careful: Some people writing that stuff get paid more than some readers of Hacker News!
In my life, it took me some years to accept that quite broadly the news business forgot nearly all their freshman physics! They are a lot better at some of the patterns of formula fiction. We can guess they liked literature class better than physics class. They can be really good at creating smelly bait for the ad hook.