1.21 Giga Watts!?!

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[sth128]

1 Watt is 1 Joule per second. 1 Joule is 1 Newton over the distance of 1 meter. 1 Newton is the equivalent of 1 kg of matter accelerating at 1 m/s².

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To put things into perspective, output of a typical nuclear reactor is 600 MW, about half of 1.21 GW. A typical nuclear reactor is the size of a building several stories tall, requires a large body of water for cooling, and is connected to generators, pumps, etc.

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Doc just revolutionized nuclear power generation. Does he share? No.

[lew kirk]

10^9 watts...

[Adan Marrufo]

This movie takes place in America, therefore referencing an American dictionary about his pronunciation is indeed valid. (Although I in fact have never heard anyone else say "jiggawatts" before, strangely enough).

[ncriggar]

This spatial fixing nullifies the possibility of time travel. Even if you could "generate enough power" to time travel, you'd never be able to. Earth is moving at over 220km/sec, and we have no idea where in the Universe Earth is. To use a simile: Time travel is like being placed on a motorcycle travelling 150mph, while blindfolded, and being told to navigate a never-ending straight-a-way with live landmines randomly distributed every 12 inches. Statistically speaking, not a chance in hell.

[sth128]

So your argument is that "in movies, nothing needs to make sense and the audience should just STFU and shut off their brains"?

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Dude, it's the internet. EVERYTHING is an argument.

[suspekt29]

Dude, its a movie. Calm down

[sth128]

My point is that his portable nuclear power plant more than warrants a legitimate way to obtain fissile material.

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Instead he went for Libyan terrorists and leaving us the energy crisis.

[Rymac91]

He also made a time machine capable of staying spatially fixed to the same point on earth as it jumps through time.

There's a lot of secrets that Doc doesn't share.

[ellielouiseification]

now i understand what bing was going on about

[jaychoov]

This should go viral

[saltyninja]

bigger than yo dick