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*There are 8,760 hours per year.
*There are 8,760 hours per year.
*Thus, average power use is 18 TW.
*Thus, average power use is 18 TW.
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*18E12/

Revision as of 19:25, 8 October 2020

  • Area of earth's surface perpendicular to sun -
  • Average insolation - 1000W [1]
  • Radius of Earth - 6371 km - [2]
  • Pi Arr Squared is 1.3x10^14 square meters
  • Solar income is 1.3x10^17 watts upon the earth surface at any time.

Kardashev Scale

  • In 2017, we used 162,000 TWh of energy. [3]
  • There are 8,760 hours per year.
  • Thus, average power use is 18 TW.
  • 18E12/