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300 billion is actually a lot less than I would have thought... and incidentally it's about 6 times less than the US invasion of Iraq.
by nickserv 7y ago
300 billion is actually a lot less than I would have thought... and incidentally it's about 6 times less than the US invasion of Iraq.
- dlhavema 7y agoNice segue to a completely off topic military/political bunny trail.
- nickserv 7y agoThe global climate catastrophe is very much a political problem, as are its solutions. Just saying instead of killing each other in pointless wars we could use those resources to avoid global warming and help raise people out of poverty. I can dream, no? ;-)
- iamgopal 7y agoLast I calculated, All energy needs of all of the world would be supplied with solar plants worth a trillion dollar.
- prickledpear 7y agoI'd love to see the numbers on this if you have them in a shareable format. How did your model account for value deflation and what assumptions did it make about storage tech?
- lm28469 7y agoIncluding storage and distribution ? In theory a huge solar plant in the Sahara desert would cover all our needs, the problem is moving/storing the energy.