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[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Also, it literally is an energy unit used in measurements. It's meant as a continious power. Ie. Your active imagination consumes around 12 watts of power, not "rendering one image"

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Power is energy per unit of time. Energy is power over a period of time. A lightning strike is about 1 GJ of energy. But it happens in a split second, so the power is far higher, say 100 GW. That is the output of 100 nuclear power plants. But only for 0.01 seconds.

TNT is even more extreme. It can detonate in microseconds, so release its energy in a fraction of a millisecond. 1 kg contains about 4 MJ of energy, released in about 10 microseconds, a power of about 300 GW. That is about as much power as all of the USA combined needs.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 2 hours ago

Power is energy per unit of time

Thanks.

[–] BlueMagma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

You are off by a factor of ~250, it's 1.21 Gigawatts