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$200B could pay for 1/6 of the US's annual electricity production if spent directly on solar. US Energy consumption is 4.6e9 MWh/yr [1]. Assume $2.5 per install
by beambot 11y ago
$200B could pay for 1/6 of the US's annual electricity production if spent directly on solar. US Energy consumption is 4.6e9 MWh/yr [1]. Assume $2.5 per installed watt of solar (Google search) ==> $200e9 / 2.5 Watt installed => 80e3 MW installed => 0.7e9 MWh/yr.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electricity_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electrici...
And that doesn't even account for the cost of the reactors...