Total Fossil Fuel Reserves of the Earth
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Total use figures from Google - [1]
50,000 exajoules about in total.
Every year, we use about 500 exajoules. That means that there were in existence on the earth through all history only 100x as much as we use yearly.
10,000 times more power comes from the sun than we use. This means that the total
Exam
Calculate the total solar energy intercepted by the earth from the sun in one year based on the nominal figure of 1 kW per square meter.