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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

That's right! The sun, the thing that prevents our entire planet from being a frozen rock, which imparts 44 quadrillion watts of energy on the Earth's surface, is just an elaborate NASA hoax!

They actually generate all that energy with...

...Uh...

???

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If it's 44 quadrillion Watts per year, how many is it per second?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see my comment flew over your head, although I appreciate all the info you shared. It's just that the sun doesn't deliver Watts per year or per second. The Watt is a unit of power and as such is already energy per time. Watts/year is a nonsense unit, at least in this context.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Actually I miss read my source. I was assuming the figure I was quoted was a watt-year.

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