What’s a zettajoule?

With approximations and back-of-an-envelope stuff that will make you cry.

https://diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/whats-a-zettajoule/

What’s a zettajoule?

The joule is the unit of energy. One zettajoule (ZJ) is 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Joules. One times ten to the power of twenty one Joules. One followed by twenty one zeroes Joules. I will tell …

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@micefearboggis
Thanks a million for this fab link:)
"...these kinds of “budgets” are a really interesting way of thinking about the climate because they cleanly relate different parts of the climate system to each other. The sea-level budget, energy budget, and carbon budget start to connect together disparate parts of the climate system (including each other) and help to give meaning to some of these indicators"
#energy #globalheating
@SusiArnott You're welcome a million.