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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

I would say the energy output Superman is capable of implies he's actually a step-up transformer as well as a solar panel. He'd be much more efficient, but of course you only have one Superman.

Now im curious. I'm just an electrician, not an engineer. How much of the grid could Superman power? Someone figure out his kilowatt-hour figures please ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

The problem would be transmission, kinda like with huge powerplants that exist today.

The most efficient solution? Probably Superman bullying world leaders and billionaires into funding room temperature superconductivity research, heh.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't know about Superman, but we have those figures, and it's a bit disappointing.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/3/

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Yoda could barely lift that X-Wing, Superman can outrun bullets. The sheer kinetic force he's capable of producing would be orders of magnitude higher than Yoda, and more consistent too

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Depends on the writer I guess.

Morrison? He just does a one energy cumblast while macrodosing some shrooms and Earth goes into overdrive. Humanity needs a new Si prefix for Wh.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Just about every iteration could easily power thousands of mountain sized gravity batteries.