How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future
Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.
Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.
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How many gigawatts in a jiggawatt?
Actually, Jiggawatt is gigawatt mispronounced. So they are the same thing. :) There is an article in the NY Times regarding this that when they were doing research, someone mispronounced it to them.
Who am I going to trust? You, or a man who literally invented a time machine?
I finally invent something that works!
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LOL. You forgot to mention NYT. https://archive.nytimes.com/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/you-say-gigawatt-i-say-jigowatt/Calvin? Why do you keep calling me Calvin?