Back to the Future’s 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is.

  • Cap
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    6 months ago

    It would have the equivalent power of 1.3 million horses kicking a hole in the fabric of reality.

    Finally explained in terms I can understand!

      • inkicanOP
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        26 months ago

        Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.

    • Rozaŭtuno
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      16 months ago

      Sorry, I still don’t get it. How much would that be in Olympic swimming pools?

      • Cap
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        16 months ago

        The article does lack any conversion to Olympic swimming pools, bananas, or infinity stones so some of us may never truly grasp the scale of this power.