> The US can certainly spend a couple of single digits worth of GDP on renewables without everything falling apart. Yup, not everything would "fall apart". Yu

> The US can certainly spend a couple of single digits worth of GDP on renewables without everything falling apart. Yup, not everything would "fall apart". Yup. But 50 projects each taking just 2% of GDP would take 100% of GDP! 2% of GDP is a lot, e.g., what the NATO countries are supposed to have been spending on defense but long didn't. Let's see: IIRC Trump is spending about $807 billion a year on defense, and just now from Google the US GDP per year is about $19.39 T. Sooooo, 100 * 807 / 19,390 = 4.162 says that we are spending just over 4% of GDP on defense. So, a "couple of single digits", i.e., if I read you correctly, would be 2% of GDP and about half of defense -- definitely not small potatoes. I have a friend with a lot of money in a family with a lot of money. Whenever anyone asks him to spend some of his money, his first question is "Why should I?". Without a good answer, he doesn't.