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4000ac solar farm in Texas devastated by hailstorm (imgur.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looks expensive. The grey ones are the broken ones.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'll convert it to a metric unit for you so it's easier to visualize: the solar farm is 2*10^27 square Angstroms.

Hope that helps!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thanks, It actually does, because the conversation factor is easy.

2e27 Å2 = 2e7 m2 = 20 km2

So an area 5km by 4km. You can now easily compare it to the size of your neighborhood, town or city.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Finally, a unit i can get behind

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

How many Texas' is that?

Texas's?
Texi?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

That is actually helpful. It's easy to convert from Angstroms (10^-10 m) to meters, to kilometers (10^3 m). That means it's all just basic arithmetic. 27 - 2*(10 + 3) = 27 - 26 = 1. So, it's 2*10^1 square km, or 20 square km.