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Old 03-04-2019, 12:32 PM   #5284 (permalink)
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In the final step of my calcultation, my final mistake, I took 1 day of sun energy (that reach Earth) as 1 day of human energy used. But what we use it's less than 1% of the solar energy that reach Earth, since if 1/2 of Sahara desert if covered with solar panels could provide energy for the entire human poplation.

I maybe 0,0001 sec of SUN total energy (not just what reachs Earth) it's probably more than humanity have ever used since industrial revolution.

The ideal energy solution would be a Dyson SPhere.

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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Your using the same formula for area of a circle and sphere. How does the transit time figure in? And I suspect there is more energy in a single solar prominence than mankind has used.
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