philosophical curiosity in a long summer afternoon collides with SI prefixes

["Edwards, Richard W" <Richard.Edwards@PSS.Boeing.com>]

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> From: 	Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca[SMTP:Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca]
> Subject: 	Re: philosophical curiosity in a long summer afternoon
> 
> Based on data in the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, the annual
> input of
> solar radiation at the earth's surface, ignoring the effects of clouds
> (i.e., assuming clear skies) is about 1.6E24 joules/annum.  This is
> about
> 100,000 times the annual energy output of 300  1000 MWe nuclear
> generating
> stations.  
> 
Shouldn't that be 1.6 yottajoules/annum for 100 kilotimes the annual
energy output of all those reactors?

Rick Edwards