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That's utterly insane. 32 million horsepower is ~24 gigawatts. That's roughly the same power as ALL OF CALIFORNIA.
by dmd 2y ago
That's utterly insane. 32 million horsepower is ~24 gigawatts. That's roughly the same power as ALL OF CALIFORNIA.
- dotnet00 2y agoIt is useful to add that the tradeoff is that the engines are running for far less time than, well, California. It's still an incredible feat of engineering to pull off those kinds of energy densities though.
- sigmoid10 2y agoWell, if all of California's energy were produced by petrol (~13.1kWh/kg), it would consume about 900l per second. The F1 burns about 920l of RP1 fuel per second. And it has to bring its own oxidizer along for the ride.
- thereisnospork 2y agoWhat I'm hearing is that California needs to step it's game up.
- avmich 2y agoWait till you learn about the power of femtosecond laser pulses...