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Solar Energy per minute received on Earth's surface

Solar Energy per minute received on Earth's surface (5,330 TJ)

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Solar Energy per minute received on Earth's surface (5,330 TJ)

  • is 25 x Energy yield of the largest nuclear weapon ever tested (210 TJ)...more

If this was a standard unit ...

Is That A Big Number? - The Book

Yes, there's now a book based on these numbers. Oxford University Press: July 2018.

Click here to learn more about it.

Click here for Podcast: Andrew Elliott interviewed for New Books Network.

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