How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future (www.syfy.com)

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Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.

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[-] Cap@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It would have the equivalent power of 1.3 million horses kicking a hole in the fabric of reality.

Finally explained in terms I can understand!

[-] Bizarroland@kbin.social 6 points 8 months ago

Americans will use anything to avoid the metric system

[-] inkican@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

[-] ivanafterall@kbin.social 4 points 8 months ago

Finally some science to back up the movie!

[-] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Sorry, I still don't get it. How much would that be in Olympic swimming pools?

[-] Cap@kbin.social 1 points 8 months ago

The article does lack any conversion to Olympic swimming pools, bananas, or infinity stones so some of us may never truly grasp the scale of this power.

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