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Environment & Energy

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1. The unit of energy is not the Watt. It's the Joule. A lighting bolt can produce a GW of power. It won't run Oregon.

Sun Dec 8, 2024, 12:39 AM

Dec 8

It's very disturbing how it is that our media can't understand basic physics units, more disturbing that people repeat this shit mindlessly.

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You really are pitiful... Whinging about units? OKIsItJustMe Dec 8 #2

Um, one could take a science class to understand the point. NNadir Dec 9 #3