▲ 482 ▼ Have you know???. (mander.xyz) submitted 1 year ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago (4 children) And what is power? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (3 children) Power is energy per unit of time. Energy is power over a period of time. A lightning strike is about 1 GJ of energy. But it happens in a split second, so the power is far higher, say 100 GW. That is the output of 100 nuclear power plants. But only for 0.01 seconds. TNT is even more extreme. It can detonate in microseconds, so release its energy in a fraction of a millisecond. 1 kg contains about 4 MJ of energy, released in about 10 microseconds, a power of about 300 GW. That is about as much power as all of the USA combined needs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Power is energy per unit of time Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) You are off by a factor of ~250, it's 1.21 Gigawatts permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Ah damn you got me there... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (3 children) Power is energy per unit of time. Energy is power over a period of time. A lightning strike is about 1 GJ of energy. But it happens in a split second, so the power is far higher, say 100 GW. That is the output of 100 nuclear power plants. But only for 0.01 seconds. TNT is even more extreme. It can detonate in microseconds, so release its energy in a fraction of a millisecond. 1 kg contains about 4 MJ of energy, released in about 10 microseconds, a power of about 300 GW. That is about as much power as all of the USA combined needs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Power is energy per unit of time Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) You are off by a factor of ~250, it's 1.21 Gigawatts permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Ah damn you got me there... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 point 1 year ago Power is energy per unit of time Thanks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) You are off by a factor of ~250, it's 1.21 Gigawatts permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Ah damn you got me there... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Ah damn you got me there... permalink fedilink source parent