watts is a measure of power. The often confused "kilowatt hour" is a measure of energy and would indeed need the time "/second" (or other time unit) added. But I am working in power here.
would we not be able to take only a portion of that sunlight and concentrate it over time to get the same effect
Yes! We went the same way here. I replied to the parent comment with a description of a temporal light concentrator.
I've never heard of such a device, maybe people that know the name of them can order them from a catalog, but it is an intriguing solution because it solves the "massive collector" problem as well as the "holy sh*t! what am I going to do with all this waste heat!" problem.
It's also possible that people more comfortable with light as a wave spit coffee out of their nose and had a good laugh when they read it.
would we not be able to take only a portion of that sunlight and concentrate it over time to get the same effect
Yes! We went the same way here. I replied to the parent comment with a description of a temporal light concentrator.
I've never heard of such a device, maybe people that know the name of them can order them from a catalog, but it is an intriguing solution because it solves the "massive collector" problem as well as the "holy sh*t! what am I going to do with all this waste heat!" problem.
It's also possible that people more comfortable with light as a wave spit coffee out of their nose and had a good laugh when they read it.