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How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future (www.syfy.com)

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Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.

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[–] Cap@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

It would have the equivalent power of 1.3 million horses kicking a hole in the fabric of reality.

Finally explained in terms I can understand!

[–] Bizarroland@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Americans will use anything to avoid the metric system

[–] inkican@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

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