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The 1200-ish W/m/m figure is hitting a flat plate circle, not hitting the whole spherical surface.
Taking 173,000TW of continuous solar energy* times 24h/d times 365.25 d/yr yields a little over 1.5B TWhr/yr
* https://news.mit.edu/2011/energy-scale-part3-1026
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The 1200-ish W/m/m figure is hitting a flat plate circle, not hitting the whole spherical surface.
Taking 173,000TW of continuous solar energy* times 24h/d times 365.25 d/yr yields a little over 1.5B TWhr/yr
* https://news.mit.edu/2011/energy-scale-part3-1026