ext_12863 ([identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2005-03-09 08:04 pm (UTC)

That Kcal calculation

OK, this is what I did.

1 cal ~ 4 J (roughly) so 4000 kilocalories ~ 16,000,000 J
There are about 86,400 seconds in a day so that is about 185 watts--

Well, crap. That's _not_ the number I got. I bet I forgot to convert to Joules in step one.

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