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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

That's right! The sun, the thing that prevents our entire planet from being a frozen rock, which imparts 44 quadrillion watts of energy on the Earth's surface, is just an elaborate NASA hoax!

They actually generate all that energy with...

...Uh...

???

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Solar simulators are actually really cool, and it's a shame these goobers are too busy pretending to know everything, in order to feel special, to actually learn what they are.

(If someone hasn't heard of them, here's one of the biggest ones.)

[–] kautau@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

They generate that power using the unlimited abundance of energy generated by the mental gymnastics of people like these

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They actually generate the sun using solar power. Duh.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thoughts and prayers, duh.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Another comment explains that it's solar powered.

[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If it's 44 quadrillion Watts per year, how many is it per second?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] Bumblefumble@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see my comment flew over your head, although I appreciate all the info you shared. It's just that the sun doesn't deliver Watts per year or per second. The Watt is a unit of power and as such is already energy per time. Watts/year is a nonsense unit, at least in this context.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Actually I miss read my source. I was assuming the figure I was quoted was a watt-year.