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[-] freshcow@lemmy.world 27 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"GW per year" and "TW per year" is nonsense.
Watts is a unit of power, which is energy per second.
Im not sure Musk even understands what a Watt is, he just wants to sound smart.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago
[-] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 16 points 2 days ago

That's watts multiplied by time, aka energy.

[-] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

So if you can have a kilowatt per hour, then why can't you have a gigawatt per year?

[-] TaTTe@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Because it's not kilowatt per hour (kW/h), it's kilowatt hours (kWh). It would be fine to say GW years, but then the question would be over how long? Most likely one year, which gives us GWy/y = GW.

[-] autriyo@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

A unit of measurement that only makes sense in the context of domestic electricity meters. Supposedly to make it easier for consumers.

Or 3,6 Kilojoule.

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