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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[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 5 points 8 months ago

How many gigawatts in a jiggawatt?

[-] DonDeBon@writing.exchange 0 points 8 months ago

@DarkGamer @inkican

Actually, Jiggawatt is gigawatt mispronounced. So they are the same thing. :) There is an article in the NY Times regarding this that when they were doing research, someone mispronounced it to them.

[-] po-lina-ergi@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago

Who am I going to trust? You, or a man who literally invented a time machine?

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

I finally invent something that works!

[-] DonDeBon@writing.exchange 0 points 8 months ago

@po-lina-ergi @inkican @DarkGamer
LOL. You forgot to mention NYT. https://archive.nytimes.com/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/you-say-gigawatt-i-say-jigowatt/

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

Calvin? Why do you keep calling me Calvin?

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