Total World Energy used per year expressed in terms of nuclear bombs exploed
Nick Balmer
Here's a thought provoking set of statistics.
World Energy Consumption
Total energy consumption of the world is around 15TW (15 * 10^12) now,
coming to around 474 exajoules (474 * 10^18) per year (From
Wikipedia). As of now, more than 80% of this comes from fossil fuels,
mainly coal, petroleum and natural gas. All of them are non renewable
and produce green house gases. Let us see how 15TW or 474 exajoules
compared against these powerful nuclear weapons.
In terms of tons of TNT
It comes to 3.59 kilotons of TNT per second or 113200 megatons of TNT per year.
Mass Energy Equivalence, using Einstein’s equation
Completing transforming 1kg of mass per 100 minutes, that means 5250
kg (11600 lbs) yearly.
Hiroshima Bombs of around 18 kilotons
One Hiroshima Bomb has to be detonated per 5 seconds. That is 6300000
Hiroshima Bombs in one year.
Total Second World War Explosives
Total explosives used in Second World War was around 6 megatons. More Details
We have to conduct a Second World War in every 28 minutes or 18800
Second World Wars in one year for the same amount of energy.
Tsar Bomba
Out of all bombs, this would produce the maximum mileage of around 4
hours per Tsar Bomb. That means detonating around 2250 Tsar Bombs
yearly.
Total Nuclear Explosions
Total Nuclear Explosions carried out by all countries would come close
to around 510 megatons. More Details
These 510 megatons could take us for around 40 hours. That has to be
repeated 222 times to meet our yearly consumption.
Total Nuclear Stockpile of 25000 megatons
Our yearly energy consumption is 4.5 times of the much critized stockpile.
From
http://saurorja.org/2011/11/05/world-energy-consumption-a-cold-war-comparison/
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Nick Balmer
WWII was because in World War I more tonnes of hay had to be shipped
to the army in France than shells.
The German's kept on with horses and look what happened to them.
Nick