Sunday 18 December 2011

Nickname Quandary

James 'J' Watt
I have discovered a PETAWATT. Surely MegaWatt's nickname is in jeopardy. According to Wiki a Petawatt is;

equal to one quadrillion (1015) watts and can be produced by the current generation of lasers for time-scales on the order of femtoseconds (10−15 s). Based on the average of 1.366 kW/m2 of total solar irradiance[13] the total energy flow of sunlight striking Earth's atmosphere is estimated at 174 PW (cf. Solar Constant).


Try as I might I cannot find a Luckibawbagwatt to replace KillaWatt's moniker.

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