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		npodbielski 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A supersonic engine core makes the perfect power t... What is strange about it? Normal power plants have 2-3 gigawatts. Gas turbine having 300MW is probably just below average. What am I missing? Is it some US thing where G scale is not 10^9?

foxglacier 5 days ago [–]

It's a joke about the movie Back To The Future and 1.21 Jiggawatts.

npodbielski 5 days ago | [–]

Ah now it makes sense.

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