500TW is more power than the US uses at any instant.
They load up capacitors and discharge them quickly. It's not 500TW/h.
Power measurements depend on the discharge time.
That's what the author left out. Also why culinary school is better than journalism school.
/johnny
“Also why culinary school is better than journalism school”
Good one!
I remember a former editor of a major national newspaper (can’t remember which one and can’t remember his name) speaking to the Journalism Department at Duke. He advised the students to get a broad education and not stay within the confines of the Journalism school.