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by k8wk1 832 days ago
5PJ is not that large, only 1.4 TWh.
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In contrast, world primary energy consumption is at a rate of around 20 TW, or five orders of magnitude more than that per year.
For anyone else wondering about the five orders of magnitude:

https://ourworldindata.org/energy-production-consumption

Yearly total energy consumption 160 PWh (~18 TW of power)

114285 times more than 1.4 TWh