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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.

Text: Arian Bastani / Illustration: Hahn + Zimmermann 2024/06/04

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.

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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