on How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future · c/scifi · 0 pts · 2y@po-lina-ergi @inkican @DarkGamer LOL. You forgot to mention NYT. https://archive.nytimes.com/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/you-say-gigawatt-i-say-jigowatt/
on How Much Power Is 1.21 Gigawatts, Anyway? The Science Behind Back to the Future · c/scifi · 0 pts · 2y@DarkGamer @inkican Actually, Jiggawatt is gigawatt mispronounced. So they are the same thing. :) There is an article in the NY Times regarding this that when they were doing research, someone mispronounced it to them.
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LOL. You forgot to mention NYT. https://archive.nytimes.com/wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/you-say-gigawatt-i-say-jigowatt/
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Actually, Jiggawatt is gigawatt mispronounced. So they are the same thing. :) There is an article in the NY Times regarding this that when they were doing research, someone mispronounced it to them.