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To: Red Badger
Late last century, the Joint European Torus (JET) near Oxford, UK, churned out 22 megajoules of energy in what was, at the time, a record in fusion power.

Is that more than 1.21 Gigawatts?

3 posted on 02/09/2022 7:48:17 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

http://www.unitconversion.org/unit_converter/energy.html


4 posted on 02/09/2022 7:51:55 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: dfwgator

The megajoules unit number 3,600,000.00 MJ converts to 1 GWh, one gigawatt hour.


11 posted on 02/09/2022 8:06:30 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: dfwgator

As near as I can figure, they have produced enough watts to light a 100 watt light bulb for 163 hours.


12 posted on 02/09/2022 8:06:31 AM PST by 1raider1
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To: dfwgator

No. It is 22 megawatts for 1 second.
A joule is one watt for one second.


14 posted on 02/09/2022 8:08:41 AM PST by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: dfwgator

I think you mean jigawatts. And yes, we’re going to need this kind of power for our flying cars. 🤣


15 posted on 02/09/2022 8:09:34 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: dfwgator

It depends on how long it took to do it.

A joule is a watt for one second. If they got the whole 22 megajoules in under 18 milliseconds, the answer is “yes”.


16 posted on 02/09/2022 8:09:36 AM PST by Flash Bazbeaux
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To: dfwgator

Joules are units of energy; watts are units of power (energy per unit time).


24 posted on 02/09/2022 8:21:58 AM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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