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"That's about the amount of energy you'd get if you converted the entire mass of Jupiter into pure energy via E = mc^2," said Cleaver Or, to put it in terms (s

by hugh 18y ago

"That's about the amount of energy you'd get if you converted the entire mass of Jupiter into pure energy via E = mc^2," said Cleaver Or, to put it in terms (slightly) more easily visualised, that's the total amount of energy put out by all the stars in the Milky Way galaxy every 31 years.

nuclear_eclipse 18y ago
And how many humans hand-cranking windmills for how many fortnights would that be?
- hugh 18y ago
  Let me see. With a hand-crank you could get about 25 watts, so... given all six billion humans you could generate that much energy in... uhh, 5.2 * 10^27 fortnights. Any other units which might be clearer?
  - rkowalick 18y ago
    I prefer to measure power in poundal-furlongs per lunar year.
    - hugh 18y ago
      Oh, sorry. With a hand-crank you could get about 63.108 poundal-furlongs per lunar year, so... given all six billion humans you could generate that much energy in... uhh, 5.2 * 10^27 fortnights.