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surely there must be some numbers wrong here? How can the total energy supply be only just barely less than the entire amount of energy applied to the planet by solar radiation?

Is it suggesting that covering the entire surface of earth with 100% efficient solar panels would just barely cover 2017's power supply?

Edit: ah I see, world energy is in terawatt hours for an entire year, wheras planetary solar energy is terawatts in a single hour



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