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Comment by dendrite9

16 hours ago

270Trillion kWh is about 1.5 × the total energy from the sun that hits the earth in one hour. I'm not sure if that helps, and the trillion-kilo is kinda gross.

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grues-dinner  16 hours ago

50 megatons is more on the order of 270 trillion kilojoules, not kilowatt-hours (factor of 3600 difference).

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