Re: philosophical curiosity in a long summer afternoon collides with

[Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca]

Brian Gaulke
07/23/98 10:46 AM

If you mean to express the result in SI units, I'd have to use an annual
average power rate expressed in joules per second since the year is not an
SI unit.





Richard.Edwards @ PSS.Boeing.com on 98/07/22 17:23:22

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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