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inkican

How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future

Back to the Future's 1.21 gigawatts sounds huge, but is it? We compare different power levels of common objects to see how much energy a gigawatt really is. #back #movies #science #scifi

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SYFY · How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the FutureBy Cassidy Ward
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DarkGamer

How many gigawatts in a jiggawatt?

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Don DeBon

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Actually, Jiggawatt is gigawatt mispronounced. So they are the same thing. :) There is an article in the NY Times regarding this that when they were doing research, someone mispronounced it to them.

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po-lina-ergi

Who am I going to trust? You, or a man who literally invented a time machine?

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inkican

Calvin? Why do you keep calling me Calvin?

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