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You crazies actually trust the Sun to be there when you need it?! Ha! (i.postimg.cc)
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[–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Watts are a unit of power, not a unit of energy. The claim is nonsense to the core.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have no idea about the actual number, but saying the power is decreased by 30 GW does make sense, though... Of course it is not energy, but they might not have meant "solar energy" in the sense of a physical quantity. The sentiment is bullshit of course.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But even then only for a few minutes at each solar energy plant

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  • [+] -14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    ok so technically, a watt is directly convertable to a joule, which is a unit of energy. So he isn't wrong. But he is also wrong because he is using name plate production capacity, rather than the total produced capacity, that or he is simply fucking up the numbers. But lets be honest, homie is NOT doing the math.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A watt is a joule per second. It is not “directly convertable” any more than mile is the not a speed just because you can divide it by an hour.

    Watts are power, the rate at which you can work. Joules are units of energy, how much work you can do.

    He is not fucking up the numbers. He is fucking up the units…and so are you

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago

    in this scenario it wouldn't be speed, though, it would be speed over time. Speed is velocity.

    Watts are just joules but arbitrarily defined. Joules are a unit of total energy. A collective amount of work potential. Watts are an in situ measurement of those joules doing work.

    If we want to talk about confusing units, W and VA are the units to be talking about.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    A watt is a joule per second. It is not “directly convertable” any more than mile is the not a speed just because you can divide it by an hour.

    Watts are power, the rate at which you can work. Joules are units of energy, how much work you can do.

    He is not fucking up the numbers. He is fucking up the units…and so are you.

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