Energy: 110 Orders of Magnitude
Airplane
fuel
Thunderstorm
8
1
0
+1
4
+0
10
One gram of fat
One Google Search
10
-3
2
10
-34
10-3
6
Superman @ 1/2 light speed
Daily output human brain;
daily output of 20 W light bulb
10 -38
1883 Krakatoa
Lightning
bolt
10 +
0
10
6
+1
1908 Tunguska event
Daily output human body; daily output of 100 W light bulb
6
10
+14
Atomic bomb
One gallon
of gasoline
10 +08
10+1
10 +10
2
Output over
human lifetime
Hurricane
10
Annual US consumption
AC powerline
photon
photon with wavelength
equal to size of
observable universe
+02
10
0
-3
0
10 +2
Well hit tennis ball
10 -28
TV photon
10+2
6
Cosmic Background photon
10
10
X-rays
8
-0
Mass-energy of
Virgo Supercluster
-10
10
10 +6
4
10 +
0
+6
10
Large cluster
binding energy
10
8
+5
6
+5
10
+54
10
+52
Yearly light output
of the Milky Way
10
0
10+5
10+48
10 +46
10 +44
10
+28
-20
10
+30
-1
10
8
+3
2
10 +4
1
0
+4
0
Total output of
the Sun since birth
Average
Supernovae
10 +66
06
62
electron-positron
annihilation
10
8
+3
Mass-energy
of Earth
12
10-
Jupiter binding
energy
10 -14
10
10
+3
+3
6
2
Daily output of the Sun
Cell to
replicate
10 +70
10 +68
10 -
10
Neuron
to fire
10 -16
Earth’s heat
Flying
mosquito
Atomic binding energies
Mass-energy
in observable
universe
10 -04
Honeybee
in flight
Speed of room temperature air molecule
-22
Earth’s
rotation
10 -02
DVD laser
for one second
10
10+24
Moons
orbital
One heartbeat
10-24
10 +22
Fossil Fuel
left on Earth
1 Joule
AM radio photon
10 -26
Daily solar energy
received by Earth
Dinosaur
killer
meteorite
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Yearly light output
of the observable universe
4