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The Vast Scale of Energy
| Calories | |
|---|---|
| Kinetic Energy per molecule per degrees C | 0.000000000000000000000003 |
| Kinetic Energy of a slow neutron | 0.000000000000000000382 |
| Fly push up | 0.0000000238 |
| Boil away 1 gram of water | 539 |
| 1 gram of water at earth's escape velocity | 15000 |
| Food energy in 1 twinkie | 300000 |
| Food energy burned by a person in a day | 2390000 |
| Average energy use per day by US citizen | 206000000 |
| Energy in 1 barrel of crude oil | 3410000000 |
| Fusion energy released by 1 gram of fuel | 81200000000 |
| Energy uses by world's population in a day | 206000000000000000 |
| Energy of a strong earthquake | 23900000000000000000 |
| Solar energy hitting earth in a year | 1300000000000000000000000 |
| Total energy put out by the sun in a year | 71700000000000000000000000000000 |
| KE of translational of the Earth in its orbit | 6140000000000000000000000000000000 |
| Total energy put out by our galaxy in a year | 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 |
Note that these values are not meant to be accurate to more than 3 significant digits. The order of magnitude is more to the point.
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