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[–] freshcow@lemmy.world 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

"GW per year" and "TW per year" is nonsense.
Watts is a unit of power, which is energy per second.
Im not sure Musk even understands what a Watt is, he just wants to sound smart.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Watt is an Energy unit, period, as electrical unit, as in this case, it's W=VA(δ), only as work/kinetic unit it's W = J/s = Nm/s = kgm²*s^-^³

[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Watt is not a unit of energy, it's a unit of power [Joules/second]. This definition doesn't change between kinetic and electrical contexts.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, power measure the rate of energy transfer, anyway Ws is not the same as W.

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