"Each hour 430 quintillion Joules of energy from the sun hits the Earth. That's 430 with 18 zeroes after it. In comparison, the total amount of energy that all

"Each hour 430 quintillion Joules of energy from the sun hits the Earth. That's 430 with 18 zeroes after it. In comparison, the total amount of energy that all humans use in a year is 410 quintillion Joules." [1] "The 70 percent of solar energy the Earth absorbs per year equals roughly 3.85 million exajoules. In other words, the amount of solar energy hitting the earth in one hour is more than enough to power the world for one year." [2] "The total solar power hitting Earth is about 173,000 terawatts, or 1.73×10^17 joules per second. That’s roughly equivalent to the energy of 41 Megatons of TNT exploding… every second. It’s hard for us to comprehend how much energy a joule is (or even what energy is in the first place). But energy can be converted into mass, and we do understand what mass is." [3] Thus, equatorial and semi-equatorial regions should be energy magnats of the world and be able to get nitrogen, phosphorus, water, etc for their food from thin air and sand. Yet, the relevant world has still to feed the majority of these regions, including the solar tech etc. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-the-potential-of-solar-power-2015-9 https://www.businessinsider.com/this-is-the-potential-of-sol... [2] https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/definitions/how-is-solar-power-generated https://www.ucdavis.edu/climate/definitions/how-is-solar-pow... [3] https://www.quora.com/How-much-energy-from-the-Sun-hits-the-earth-every-second-in-units-I-can-actually-comprehend https://www.quora.com/How-much-energy-from-the-Sun-hits-the-...