Power Output in Perspective

No matter how much you train, you'll never be a star.


30W -- Power Consumption of A Human Brain
100W -- Average Resting Metabolic Rate of Human Body
493W -- Lance Armstrong Lactate Threshold Power
745.7W -- 1 horsepower
1,366W -- Solar power per square meter on earth's surface
1,600W -- Westlake "B" field sprinter (~36 mph)
2,000W -- World Class 200m cycling Sprint (~50 mph)
2,500,000W -- Peak Output of a blue whale
140,000,000W -- Average Power Output of 747
44,000,000,000,000W -- Total Heat from Earth's Interior
4,300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000W -- Biggest Hydrogen Bomb
384,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000W -- Total Power Output of Sun
12,300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000W -- Total Output of the star Deneb