http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/snagging-free-range-solar-power-in-space-is-an-option-3382/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/science-environment/snagging-free-range-solar-power-in-space-is-an-option-3382/#comment-834 Anonymous User Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:16:46 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/10/25/snagging-free-range-solar-power-in-space-is-an-option/#comment-834 "5 terawatts (or 5,000 gigawatts) of electricity a year"The 'a year' part is completely redundant. A watt is a measurement of energy produced in a given time period (per second) and so adding yet another time component is both redundant and factually incorrect.Also, according to Wikipedia, the world energy consumption is actually more like 15 terawatts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_resources_and_consumption “5 terawatts (or 5,000 gigawatts) of electricity a year”The ‘a year’ part is completely redundant. A watt is a measurement of energy produced in a given time period (per second) and so adding yet another time component is both redundant and factually incorrect.Also, according to Wikipedia, the world energy consumption is actually more like 15 terawatts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_resources_and_consumption

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