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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by srathi on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:11AM (#21006219)
Would have been nice if it was exactly 1.21 Gigawatt!
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by overcast on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:47PM (#21008624)
I'm actually flabbergasted by the number of people who on here who don't know this reference.
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by commandlinefan on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:47PM (#21007955)
What the hell is a gigawatt?
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by DanBC on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @01:59PM (#21008099)
A watt is a measure of power. It measures the power at that instant of time.

A watt-hour is a measure of energy. It measures the power used over time.

Giga is an SI prefix. 1 gigawatt is 1*10^9 watts.

It's normal to measure the output of power plants in megawatts or gigawatts.

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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by SupersonicScrub on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:18PM (#21008326)
Great Scott, it's a Back to the Future reference, not a serious question.
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by TheGallopedHigh on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @06:28PM (#21011053)
Jokes are generally frowned upon here, and are often asked to be kept on Twitter or Reddit. This keeps the comment quality high here.
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by gmadsen on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @02:01PM (#21008131)
10^9 watts? a watt is a unit of power
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by thunderbong on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:30AM (#21006422)
Why?
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Re:Egypt’S 1.8 Gigawatt Benban Solar Park Nears Completion by srathi on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @11:32AM (#21006437)
Sorry. It is a Back To The Future movie reference. The time travel machine uses exactly 1.21 Gigawatt.
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