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Can anyone do back of napkin math on what $1.9T could buy in terms of wind/solar energy? How many homes that could power?
by giarc 7y ago
Can anyone do back of napkin math on what $1.9T could buy in terms of wind/solar energy? How many homes that could power?
- tito 7y ago21,000 of Tesla’s huge battery system in Australia ($91M) [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/27/south-australias-tesla-battery-on-track-to-make-back-a-third-of-cost-in-a-year https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/27/south-aus... edit: thanks for the math save!
- tonyedgecombe 7y ago1,900,000,000,000 / 91,000,000 = 20,879
- tito 7y agonice save! holy crap that’s a lot of batteries.
- amirhirsch 7y agoGoogle: "((1 T) / $35000) * $1.9 Trillion" = 54 285 714.3 teslas "YOU GET A TESLA! YOU GET A TESLA! EVERYBODY GETS A TESLA!"
- navigatesol 7y ago>Can anyone do back of napkin math on what $1.9T could buy in terms of wind/solar energy? How many homes that could power? I'm not sure this question is relevant. First, because it isn't one or the other. Second, because the renewable energy sector also has vast amount of financing, but it's a smaller industry. I'm not sure the point of the article, outside of the fact that it demonstrates that despite our best efforts, the fossil fuel energy sector is expanding because we demand more energy, and energy is becoming more expensive.
- tito 7y ago“Global clean energy investment totaled $332.1 billion in 2018.” [1] Compared to $1.9T/~3 years, $630B on fossil energy investments per year. [1] https://about.bnef.com/blog/clean-energy-investment-exceeded-300-billion-2018/ https://about.bnef.com/blog/clean-energy-investment-exceeded...