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How much energy is needed...?
Our world needs energy. But just how much? A brief overview from the crawling snail to the launching rocket. Some figures are rough estimates and not universally valid.
1 joule is needed to lift a bar of chocolate (100g) one metre high. If you eat the chocolate, you get 2.7 million joules.
A snail needs 0.04 joules to crawl one metre.
250 million joules are needed to drive 100 kilometres in a petrol-powered car, and around a fifth as much in an electric car, meaning 54 million joules.
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17 000 million joules are needed to light up a football pitch during a match.
A footballer spends 5.2 million joules during 90 minutes.
277 000 joules are needed to stream one hour of Netflix.
58 580 000 million joules are needed to launch a rocket into orbit.
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People need energy
This article first appeared in uniFOKUS, the University of Bern print magazine. Four times a year, uniFOKUS focuses on one specialist area from different points of view. Current focus topic: Energy
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