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Just think about the opportunity cost of that much money. I am fairly certain that $8T would do any one several of the following things: 1. Covert our Economy t
by jaybrendansmith 3y ago
Just think about the opportunity cost of that much money. I am fairly certain that $8T would do any one several of the following things:
1. Covert our Economy to post carbon. Completely. All Nuclear, Hydro, Solar, and Wind.
2. Pull enough CO2 out of the Atmosphere to get it back to carbon neutral.
3. Put a colony on the Moon, and on Mars, along with a new Space Station. (just for kicks)
4. Give every man, woman, and child in the United States a $26,000 check.
So it goes.
- AdamJacobMuller 3y agoIf you threw it into nuclear, yes, we could have at least removed 90% of fossil fuels from our energy grid while making our energy grid far more resilient in the process and making the electric car revolution easier (energy too cheap to meter and all that jazz). I don't think investing in more Hydro is a good option personally. Too much environmental consequence from flooding the massive areas required. 8T 20 years ago would not have accelerated the pace of solar/wind much and it's dubious if it would even be useful today, there are better solutions (nuclear). Similar with moon/mars colony. We don't lack the money for a mars shot, we could do it pretty cheaply, we just lack the will to do it. At this point Musk will assuredly get there first and cheaper.