schizoidman@lemm.ee to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoChina constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annuallywww.thecooldown.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down15
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkChina constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annuallywww.thecooldown.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months ago what we English speakers call a quintillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000 Irritatingly, that’s a quadrillion, not a quintillion.
minus-squarejudooochp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 months agoHoly fuck, that is irritating. I was still in bed. Leaving it for posterity. Thanks for pointing it out. Even more irritating, I said each “billion” is a group of six zeros. Technical definitions aside, should have been “million”.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoEver since I watched this Numberphile video, I’ve been disappointed at how widespread the “short” scale is.
Irritatingly, that’s a quadrillion, not a quintillion.
Holy fuck, that is irritating. I was still in bed. Leaving it for posterity. Thanks for pointing it out. Even more irritating, I said each “billion” is a group of six zeros. Technical definitions aside, should have been “million”.
Ever since I watched this Numberphile video, I’ve been disappointed at how widespread the “short” scale is.