Comments on: Trivia: Solar Energy = 1 Trillion 1 Megaton Atom Bombs Per Second

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:17:57 +0000

Harness the sun? Done.

http://transformers.vishalrao.com/energon.jpg

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:53:54 +0000

Take the total energy output of the sun, and divide it by the surface area of a sphere with a radius of 93 million miles (the formula is 4 times pi times the radius squared). Take that number and multiply it by the radius of earth squared times pi.

It's a very small portion of the total output.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:34:16 +0000

I'd be curious to know how much of that energy actually reaches the Earth. Either way, I'm sure it's huge.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:35:30 +0000

I am sure that corporations, politicans and scientists are working hard at this very moment to make this free energy available to everyone on this planet, rich and poor.

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:34:05 +0000

I've stopped worrying and learned to love the tyspo! Nevertheless, thanks for pointing it out, Bunny!

By: Bunny

Bunny — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:53:16 +0000

Ugh.

Can someone please double-check the spelling on the new posts before they make the site.

"that" does not = "than"

By: Sofar

Sofar — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:17:10 +0000

Harness all the sun's energy? That's pretty greedy. Plus, that's the amount of energy the sun creates, not what we actually see.

By: seekshelter

seekshelter — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:02:44 +0000

did someone say harness all the suns energy?? check out the Dyson Sphere:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere

By: The Slapster

The Slapster — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:23:35 +0000

Damn, if ONLY there was some way to harness all of that energy! No worries, I'm sure the government is all over a project that important, rest easy citizens.