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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Worldwide Energy Consumption

Worldwide energy consumption is about 500 Quadrillion BTUs. (A quadrillion is 1015.) I was trying to figure out what that means, and it turns out to be the kinetic energy of the Earth if it were moving about 1 cm/sec. I find that impressive, I think. Hey, it's a big planet.

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